X-ray

短语
B2 大学

X射线, X光, X光照片

发音

UK /ˈɛks ɹeɪ/
US /ˈɛks ˌɹeɪ/

词形变化

X-rays 复数 X-rays X-rayed X-raying X-rays 三单 X-raying 现在分词 X-rayed 过去式 X-rayed 过去分词

别名

ex ray ex-ray Ex ray x-ray xray Xray Ex-ray

释义与例句

n. B2
  1. 1.

    A ray of short-wavelength electromagnetic radiation usually produced by bombarding a metal target in a vacuum. Used to create images of the internal structure of objects; this is possible because X-rays pass through most objects and can expose photographic film.

    X光

    艾克斯射线

    爱克斯射线

    X射线

    爱克斯光

    X光线

    X-rays are light with a wavelength between 0.1 and 10 nm.

  2. 2.

    A radiograph: an image made with X-rays.

    X光片

    X光照片

    X线照片

    片子

    The doctor ordered some X-rays of my injured wrist.

  3. 3.

    An X-ray machine, a machine for performing radiography.

  4. 4.

    A tactical motif where a piece exerts influence or control over a square, piece, or line indirectly through another intervening piece.

    游戏
v.
  1. 1.

    To take a radiograph of; to obtain an image of using X-ray radiation, especially for the purpose of medical diagnostic evaluation.

    拍X光

    照X光

    非正式 及物

    Of course there was nothing wrong with my left wrist. They X-rayed the wrong arm!

    1925, Sidney Coe Howard, They Knew What They Wanted (Doubleday, Page and Company), Act II, page 116. Both legs broken in the morning. Tibia, fibula, femur, and ischium. X-rayed and set inside of an hour after the accident.

  2. 2.

    Of a piece, to exert indirect influence, by either attacking, defending, or controlling an opponent's or friendly piece through an intervening piece along a rank, file, or diagonal.

    及物 游戏
adj.
  1. 1.

    Of or relating to X-rays.

    I had to put my bags through an X-ray scanner at the airport.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 4

roentgenogram Roentgen-ray X-radiation X-ray photograph

上位词 8

electromagnetic radiation electromagnetic wave ionizing radiation radiogram radiograph shadowgraph skiagram skiagraph

下位词 10

angiogram mammogram angiocardiogram arteriogram arthrogram babygram encephalogram hysterosalpingogram myelogram phlebogram
动词

上位词 5

see shoot photograph snap examine

词源

From X + ray, a calque of German X-Strahl, coined by Wilhelm Röntgen upon his discovery of the rays in 1895, where X signifies their unknown nature. The chess sense is metaphorical, referring to control passing through a seemingly solid barrier.

来源：wiktionary