1 [usu.pl] a kind of light that makes it possible to see inside solid objects, for example the human body, so that they can be examined and a photograph of them can be made X光;X射线
2 a photograph that is made with an X-ray machine X光照片;X射线照片:
The X-ray showed that the bone was not broken.X光照片显示骨头没有折断。 ☞Look at ray. 参看ray。 ☞picture at wavelength 见wavelength插图
X-rayverbShe had her chest X-rayed.她做了胸部X光检查。
X-ray/ˋɛks ˋre; ˈeks reI/n [C] 1 a beam of RADIATION that can go through solid objects and is used for photographing the inside of the body X光﹐X射线2 a photograph of the inside of someone's body, taken using X-rays to see if anything is wrong X光片 —X-ray v [T]
X-rayX-rayX-raysX-rayedX-rayingnouna photograph of the inside of your body that is made by using a special light that you cannot see: The doctor took an X-ray of my shoulder.▶ X-rayverb (X-rays, X-raying, X-rayed): She had her leg X-rayed.