sunray

A noun referring to a beam or ray of sunlight, or a ray of artificial ultraviolet light from a sunray lamp. It can also refer to a type of herb with grey-green leaves and solitary broad yellow flower heads, found in desert areas from Idaho to Arizona.

• 🇩🇪Substantiv, das einen Strahl des Sonnenlichts oder einen Strahl künstlichen ultravioletten Lichts von einer Lampe bezeichnet. Kann auch eine grasartige Pflanze mit graugrünen Blättern und einzelnen breiten gelben Blütenköpfen bezeichnen, die in Wüstengebieten von Idaho bis Arizona vorkommt.

1. Ray of sunlight A2 formal

   A beam or ray of light from the sun.

   • A single sunray broke through the clouds.
   • The room was lit by a warm sunray.
   • She felt the first sunray of the morning on her face.

   🇩🇪Sonnenstrahl

   Synonyme: beamlight beamrayshaft of lightsunbeam

2. Desert plant C1 formal american scientific

   A herb with a basal cluster of grey-green leaves and leafless stalks, each bearing a solitary broad yellow flower head; found in desert areas from Idaho to Arizona.

   • The sunray is a common sight in the arid regions of the Southwest.
   • Botanists studied the sunray's adaptation to desert life.
   • The bright yellow flower of the sunray stands out against the dry landscape.

   🇩🇪Sonnenstrahl (Pflanze)

3. Ultraviolet light ray B2 formal technical

   A ray of artificial ultraviolet light produced by a sunray lamp, often used for therapeutic or cosmetic purposes.

   • The dermatologist recommended a session under the sunray lamp.
   • Sunray lamps are used to treat certain skin conditions.
   • She used a sunray lamp to get a tan during winter.

   🇩🇪UV-Lichtstrahl

• sunrays plural form
• sunrays' possessive plural form
• sunray's possessive singular form