X-ray
- IPA[ˈɛksreɪ]
英式
- an electromagnetic wave of high energy and very short wavelength, which is able to pass through many materials opaque to light.；denoting an apparent or supposed faculty for seeing beyond an outward form
- photograph or examine with X-rays
noun: X-ray, plural noun: X-rays
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. an electromagnetic wave of high energy and very short wavelength, which is able to pass through many materials opaque to light.
- ▪ informal denoting an apparent or supposed faculty for seeing beyond an outward form you didn't need X-ray eyes to know what was going on
- 2. a photographic or digital image of the internal composition of something, especially a part of the body, produced by X-rays being passed through it and being absorbed to different degrees by different materials the fracture was clearly visible on the X-ray we'll take an X-ray
- ▪ an act of making an X-ray of someone or something he will have an X-ray today would you send her for X-ray?
- 3. a code word representing the letter X, used in radio communication.
動詞
- 1. photograph or examine with X-rays luggage bound for the hold is X-rayed
