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].
雙語例句
1. Wool has more body than rayon.
羊毛比人造絲厚實.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
2. Rayon rank second only to cotton as the most widely used fiber.
人造絲是僅次于棉花的使用得最廣泛的織物。
來自辭典例句
3. Rayon ranks second only to cotton as the most widely used fiber.
人造絲是僅次于棉花的使用得最廣泛的織物.
來自辭典例句
4. Copper is also employed in the alkaline Bemberg rayon process.
銅也用在堿性本姆伯人造絲生產中.
來自辭典例句
5. Cotton and rayon yarns are most often sized with water - insoluble starches.