Tra từ ray - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

ray [ray rays rayed raying] BrE [reɪ] NAmE [reɪ] noun
1. a narrow line of light, heat or other energy
•the sun's rays
•ultraviolet rays
•The windows were shining in the reflected rays of the setting sun.
see also ↑cosmic rays, ↑gamma rays, ↑X-ray
2. ~ of sth a small amount of sth good or of sth that you are hoping for
Syn: ↑glimmer
•There was just one small ray of hope.
3. a sea fish with a large broad flat body and a long tail, that is used for food
4. (also re) (music)the second note of a ↑major ↑scale
Idioms: ↑get some rays ▪ ↑ray of sunshine
See also: ↑re

Word Origin:
senses 1 to 2 and
Middle English Old French rai Latin radius ‘spoke, ray’ sense 3 Middle English Old French raie Latin raia sense 4 Middle English re resonare Latin

Example Bank:
•A ray of sunlight fell on the table.
•Her brooch caught the rays of the setting sun.
•My nephew is a little ray of sunshine.
•The last of the sun's rays shone on the grass.
•The moon cast pale rays of light on the ground.
•The one ray of light in this whole affair is that justice has been done.
•They basked in sun's warm golden rays.
•Ultraviolet rays damage the skin.
•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
•gamma rays given off by plutonium
•sunscreens which filter out harmful ultraviolet rays
•the dying rays of a winter sun
•the invention of the cathode ray tube
•the moon's rays filtering through the trees