ray: Ray the ‘beam of light or energy’ [14] and ray the fish-name [14] are two different words. The former comes from rai, the Old French descendant of Latin radius ‘spoke of a wheel, ray’ (source also of English radiant, radio, radius, etc). The textile term rayon was coined from it in the early 1920s. Ray the fish-name comes via Old French raie from Latin raia, a word of unknown origin. => radio, radius
ray (n.1)
"beam of light," c. 1300, from Old French rai (nominative rais) "ray (of the sun), spoke (of a wheel); gush, spurt," from Latin radius "ray, spoke, staff, rod" (see radius). Not common before 17c. [OED]; of the sun, usually in reference to heat (beam being preferred for light). Science fiction ray-gun is first recorded 1931 (but the Martians had a Heat ray weapon in H.G. Wells' "War of the Worlds," 1898).
ray (n.2)
type of fish related to sharks, early 14c., from French raie (13c.), from Latin raia, of unknown origin.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. Ray was very giggly and joking all the time.
蕾特別喜歡咯咯地笑，而且總是愛(ài)開(kāi)玩笑。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. Ray and I ate our meal and reminisced about the trip.
雷和我吃著飯，回憶起那次旅行。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
3. Ray will earn his keep on local farms while studying.