| 单词 | green ray |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgreen ray green ray n. [in sense (b) apparently translating French rayon vert, in J. Verne Le rayon-vert (1882)] (a) a ray of light that gives a sensation of green when perceived; usually in plural; (b) = green flash n. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > naturally occurring light > [noun] > sunlight or sunshine > green flash green ray1705 green flash1887 1705 C. Purshall Ess. Mechanism Macrocosm 221 That Glass has power only to separate the Green Rays of Light. 1864 Chem. News 30 Jan. 54/1 Chloride of sodium especially has the property of obscuring the green ray. 1883 Derby Mercury 10 Oct. 6/2 The maid says she has no objection to marriage, but she cannot think of it till she has seen ‘the green ray’—i.e., the last ray of the setting sun. 1902 A. M. Clerke Pop. Hist. Astron. (ed. 4) xii. 402 All of these gave the green ray fundamental to the nebular spectrum. 1996 A. Theroux Secondary Colors 257 When these color rays pass through the lipophores, just under the epidermis, the blue and violet rays are absorbed and only the green rays escape. 2002 J. Eugenides Middlesex iv. 448 ‘You ever see a green ray?.. They say you can't take a picture of a green ray, but I got one.’ < as lemmas |
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