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].
实用例句
1. Wool has more body than rayon.
羊毛比人造丝厚实.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
2. Rayon rank second only to cotton as the most widely used fiber.
人造丝是仅次于棉花的使用得最广泛的织物。
来自辞典例句
3. Rayon ranks second only to cotton as the most widely used fiber.
人造丝是仅次于棉花的使用得最广泛的织物.
来自辞典例句
4. Copper is also employed in the alkaline Bemberg rayon process.
铜也用在碱性本姆伯人造丝生产中.
来自辞典例句
5. Cotton and rayon yarns are most often sized with water - insoluble starches.