ray

• n. ray; light; [fish] ray-finned fish (Rajiformes)
• vt.放射する；明らかにする
• vi.光線を放つ；現れる

古フランス語のrai, rayから。ラテン語のradius, ray, spokeが語源で、語源的にはradius, radioと同じ。

ray

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.

1. Ray was very giggly and joking all the time.

レイは特にゲラゲラと笑うのが好きで、いつも冗談を言うのが好きだ。

2. Ray and I ate our meal and reminisced about the trip.

レイと私は食事をして、その旅行を思い出した。

3. Ray will earn his keep on local farms while studying.

雷求学中は地元の農場で働いて生活費を稼いでいます。

4. Ray and sister Renee lived just 25 miles apart from each other.

レイと妹レニーの住まいは25マイルしか離れていない。

5.A stupid medical clerk had slipped the wrong tab on his X- ray .

愚かな医療関係者がうっかりX線写真にラベルを貼り間違えてしまった。