x-ray

英 ['eks'reɪ] 美['ɛks're]
  • vt. 用X光线检查
  • vi. 使用X光
  • n. 射线;射线照片
  • adj. X光的;与X射线有关的

中低频词TEM4CET4

词态变化


复数: X-rays;第三人称单数: X-rays;过去式: X-rayed;过去分词: X-rayed;现在分词: X-raying;

英文词源


X-ray (n.)
1896, X-rays, translation of German X-strahlen, from X, algebraic symbol for an unknown quantity, + Strahl (plural Strahlen) "beam, ray." Coined 1895 by German scientist Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (1845-1923), who discovered them, to suggest that the exact nature of the rays was unknown. As a verb by 1899. Meaning "image made using X-rays" is from 1934, earlier in this sense was X-radiograph (1899).

双语例句


1. I had to go back for my checkup; they'd lost my X-rays.
我得回去再做一次体检。他们把我的X光片弄丢了。

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2. X-rays have confirmed that he has not broken any bones.
X光片证实他没有骨折。

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3. They took my pulse, took my blood pressure, and X-rayed my jaw.
他们给我量了脉搏、血压,还给我的下颌拍了X光片。

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4. For a decade "X" was the pre-eminent punk band in Los Angeles.
10年来,“X”乐队一直都是洛杉矶最杰出的朋克乐队。

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5. A neutron star has a gravitational field strong enough to generate X-rays.
中子星上存在强大的重力场,足以产生X射线。

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