ray

noun

/reɪ/

Idioms

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a narrow line of light, heat or other energy
- The last of the sun's rays shone on the grass.
- Ultraviolet rays damage the skin.
- The windows were shining in the reflected rays of the setting sun.
Homophones raise | rays | raze
raise rays raze
/reɪz/

/reɪz/
- raise verb
  Raise your hand if you know the answer.
- raise noun
  You work so hard, you deserve a raise!
- rays noun (plural of ray)
  Rays of sunlight streamed through the window.
- raze verb
  They wanted to raze the old town centre to make room for new architecture.
Wordfinder
- daylight
- eclipse
- equinox
- ray
- rise
- solar
- solstice
- the sun
- twilight
- the universe
see also Blu-ray, cathode ray tube, cosmic rays, gamma rays, X-ray
Extra Examples
- A ray of sunlight fell on the table.
- Her brooch caught the rays of the setting sun.
- The moon cast pale rays of light on the ground.
- They basked in sun's warm golden rays.
- When the sun's rays hit the earth, a lot of heat is reflected back into space.
- a blinding ray of light
- a stream sparkling in the rays of the June sun
- creams which filter out the sun's harmful ultraviolet rays
- the dying rays of a winter sun
- the moon's rays filtering through the trees
Topics Spacec1, Physics and chemistryc1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- 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
- …
See full entry
ray of something a small amount of something good or of something that you are hoping for synonym glimmer
- There was just one small ray of hope.
- The one ray of light in this whole affair is that justice has been done.
a sea fish with a large broad flat body and a long tail, that is used for foodTopics Fish and shellfishc2
(also re)
(music) the second note of a major scale

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

(informal) to sit or lie in the sun, especially in order to get a suntan

a ray of sunshine

(informal) a person or thing that makes life brighter or more cheerful
- My nephew is a little ray of sunshine.

单词	ray
释义	ray noun /reɪ/ /reɪ/ Idioms jump to other results a narrow line of light, heat or other energy The last of the sun's rays shone on the grass. Ultraviolet rays damage the skin. The windows were shining in the reflected rays of the setting sun. Homophones raise \| rays \| razeraise rays raze /reɪz/ /reɪz/ raise verb Raise your hand if you know the answer. raise noun You work so hard, you deserve a raise! rays noun (plural of ray) Rays of sunlight streamed through the window. raze verb They wanted to raze the old town centre to make room for new architecture. Wordfinder daylight eclipse equinox ray rise solar solstice the sun twilight the universe see also Blu-ray, cathode ray tube, cosmic rays, gamma rays, X-ray Extra Examples A ray of sunlight fell on the table. Her brooch caught the rays of the setting sun. The moon cast pale rays of light on the ground. They basked in sun's warm golden rays. When the sun's rays hit the earth, a lot of heat is reflected back into space. a blinding ray of light a stream sparkling in the rays of the June sun creams which filter out the sun's harmful ultraviolet rays the dying rays of a winter sun the moon's rays filtering through the trees 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 … See full entry ray of something a small amount of something good or of something that you are hoping for synonym glimmer There was just one small ray of hope. The one ray of light in this whole affair is that justice has been done. a sea fish with a large broad flat body and a long tail, that is used for foodTopics Fish and shellfishc2 (also re) (music) the second note of a major scale 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 (informal) to sit or lie in the sun, especially in order to get a suntan a ray of sunshine (informal) a person or thing that makes life brighter or more cheerful My nephew is a little ray of sunshine. Ray /reɪ/ /reɪ/ jump to other results a first name for boys, short for Raymond
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