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    a narrow line of light, heat or other energy光线；（热或其他能量的）射线
    • The last of the sun's rays shone on the grass.最后一缕阳光照在草地上。
    • Ultraviolet rays damage the skin.紫外线伤害皮肤。
    • The windows were shining in the reflected rays of the setting sun.窗户上闪耀着落日的余晖。🔊🔊
    Homophones raise | rays | razeraise   rays   raze
    🔊/reɪz/
    🔊/reɪz/
    • raise verb
      • Raise your hand if you know the answer.如果你知道答案就举手。
    • raise noun
      • You work so hard, you deserve a raise!您工作如此努力，值得加薪！
    • rays noun (plural of ray)
      • Rays of sunlight streamed through the window.阳光直射窗外。
    • raze verb
      • They wanted to raze the old town centre to make room for new architecture.他们想破坏旧的市中心，以便为新建筑腾出空间。
    Wordfinder
    see also Blu-ray, cathode ray tube, cosmic rays, gamma rays, X-ray
    Extra Examples
    • A ray of sunlight fell on the table.一缕阳光照在桌子上。
    • Her brooch caught the rays of the setting sun.落日余晖照射在她的胸针上。
    • The moon cast pale rays of light on the ground.月亮将淡淡的月光洒在地上。
    • They basked in sun's warm golden rays.他们沐浴在温暖的金色阳光下。
    • When the sun's rays hit the earth, a lot of heat is reflected back into space.太阳光照射到地球上时，大量的热量反射回太空。
    • a blinding ray of light一束炫目的光线
    • a stream sparkling in the rays of the June sun在 6 月的阳光下闪闪发光的小溪
    • creams which filter out the sun's harmful ultraviolet rays可以滤除阳光中有害紫外线的护肤霜
    • the dying rays of a winter sun冬日即将消失的几缕阳光
    • the moon's rays filtering through the trees穿透树林的月光
    Topics Spacec1, Physics and chemistryc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • powerful
    • blinding
    • bright
    • …
    verb + ray
    • emit
    • give off
    • send out
    • …
    ray + verb
    • filter through something
    • pass through something
    • penetrate something
    • …
    preposition
    • in the rays of
    phrases
    • a ray of light
    • a ray of sunlight
    • a ray of sunshine
    • …
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  2.  
    ray of something a small amount of something good or of something that you are hoping for（好事或所希望事物的）一点，少量 synonym glimmer
    • There was just one small ray of hope.只有一线希望。🔊🔊
    • The one ray of light in this whole affair is that justice has been done.这整件事中唯一让人感到高兴的是正义得到了伸张。
  3. a sea fish with a large broad flat body and a long tail, that is used for food魟，鳐（扁体长尾，可食用）Topics Fish and shellfishc2
  4. (also re)
     (music音乐) the second note of a major scale 大调音阶的第 2 音
    5. Word Originsenses 1 to 2 Middle English: from Old French rai, based on Latin radius ‘spoke, ray’.sense 3 Middle English: from Old French raie, from Latin raia.sense 4 Middle English re, representing (as an arbitrary name for the note) the first syllable of resonare, taken from a Latin hymn.
Idioms
catch/get/grab some rays
  1. (informal) to sit or lie in the sun, especially in order to get a suntan晒太阳；沐日光浴
a ray of sunshine
  1. (informal) a person or thing that makes life brighter or more cheerful给人带来快乐的人（或事物）
    • My nephew is a little ray of sunshine.我的外甥是个开心果。
  1. a first name for boys, short for Raymond