1924, chosen by National Retail Dry Goods Association of America, probably from French rayon "beam of light, ray," from rai (see ray (n.1)), which also was used in Middle English as a name for a type of cloth. So called because it is shiny. A more marketable alternative than the original patented name, artificial silk (1884), or the intervening attempt, Glos, which was "killed by ridicule" ["Draper's Record," June 14, 1924].
例文
1. ウールhas more body than rayon .
ウールはレーヨンより厚い.
2. Rayon rank second only to cotton as the most widely used fiber.
レーヨンは綿に次いで広く使用されている織物です。
3. Rayon ranks second only to cotton as the most widely used fiber.
レーヨンは綿に次いで広く使用されている織物です。
4.Copper is also employed in the alkaline Bemberg rayon process.
銅もアルカリベンムベルトレーヨン生産に使用されている。
5.Cotton and rayon yarns are most often sized with water-insoluble starches.