ray /reɪ/ star3 CET4 TEM4 (rays)

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  N-COUNT（可数名词） Rays of light are narrow beams of light. 光线

  例：

  The sun's rays can penetrate water up to 10 feet.

  阳光的光线一直能透射到水下10英尺处。

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  （） → see also X-ray
• 3.  

  N-COUNT（可数名词） A ray of hope, comfort, or other positive quality is a small amount of it that you welcome because it makes a bad situation seem less bad. 一丝 (希望、安慰等其他积极因素)

  例：

  They could provide a ray of hope amid the general economic gloom.

  他们能在普遍的经济低迷中带来一丝希望。

• 4.  

  V（动词） (of an object) to emit (light) in rays or (of light) to issue in the form of rays 发出光束; 闪光
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  N（名词） any of various marine selachian fishes typically having a flattened body, greatly enlarged winglike pectoral fins, gills on the undersurface of the fins, and a long whiplike tail. They constitute the orders Torpediniformes (electric rays) and Rajiformes 鳐鱼
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  N（名词） (in tonic sol-fa) the second degree of any major scale; supertonic (首调唱名法的)大音阶的二度; 超音 [music]