ray

/reɪ/

意味: 光線

例文: A ray of sunlight hit Lena’s face.
　　  一筋の光がレナの顔を照らした。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: sun ray(太陽光線), X-ray(X線), ray of hope(希望の光)

定義: 光線や放射線のこと。光やエネルギーがまっすぐに進む線状のものを指す。太陽の光やX線など、目に見えるものや見えないものがある。

rayは約20,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析

レーダーチャート: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

　年代別単語頻度グラフ

このグラフは、1900年からの単語出現頻度の推移を示しています。値は ×10⁻⁸ スケールで表示されています。

　

Definitions(定義)

Noun: a column of light (as from a beacon)
Noun: a branch of an umbel or an umbelliform inflorescence
Noun: (mathematics) a straight line extending from a point
Noun: a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation
Noun: the syllable naming the second (supertonic) note of any major scale in solmization
Noun: any of the stiff bony spines in the fin of a fish
Noun: cartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside; most swim by moving the pectoral fins
Verb: emit as rays
Verb: extend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward towards a center
Verb: expose to radiation

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun, Verb

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

The sun sent a warm ray through the window.(太陽が窓から暖かい光線を送った。)
A ray of hope appeared after the long night.(長い夜の後に一筋の希望が現れた。)
The fish has a flat body like a ray.(その魚はエイのように平たい体をしている。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Verb: That tower rays a laser beam for miles across the sky
Verb: spokes radiate from the hub of the wheel
Verb: This plants radiate spines in all directions
Verb: irradiate food

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): beam, beam of light, electron beam, irradiate, irradiation, light beam, radiate, ray, ray of light, re, shaft, shaft of light

Antonyms(反意語):

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): elasmobranch, electromagnetic radiation, emit, light, pedicel, process, run, solfa syllable, spine, vector

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): actinic radiation, agenize, air-condition, ammoniate, beam, beneficiate, bituminize, black-body radiation, bromate, camphorate, candlelight, carbonate, carboxylate, chlorinate, chrome, come, corona, counterglow, creosote, curry, daylight, digest, do, dose, effuse, fa, firelight, fluorescence, fluoridate, friar’s lantern, fume, fumigate, gamma radiation, gaslight, glow, go far, half-light, hertzian wave, incandescence, iodize, irradiate, la, lamplight, line, luminescence, malt, mercerize, meteor, mi, microwave, moonlight, nitrate, nitrify, oxygenate, propagate, quill, radiance, radiate, radio wave, ray, re, reek, refine, reflect, reverberate, run, scald, scintillate, scintillation, seed, shark, shoot, sol, spark, starlight, steam, streamer, sulphur, sunlight, tank, ti, torchlight, twilight, vulcanize, x ray

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): bombard, cathode ray, eagle ray, electric ray, guitarfish, heat ray, high beam, laser beam, low beam, manta, moonbeam, particle beam, sawfish, skate, stingray, sunbeam

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: beam, beamy, irradiate, irradiation, radiation, ray

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: general

Usage Category: formal

Usage Context: descriptive

Grammatical Notes:
intransitive verb, transitive verb

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞): y

Exam Level

高校レベル

英検2級

TOEIC500

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Holes

Movies(映画): Big Hero 6, Finding Nemo

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) Yes

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) No

Emotion Categories: