English Dictionary

ray of light

名詞

慣用表現

(physics) A path a photon or a group of photons takes through space, visible as a column of light. / (idiomatic) An inspiring or enlightening person or thing.

日本語の意味

物理学の意味では、光子または光子群が空間中を進む際に形成される、目に見える一筋の光（光線、一道の光）を指します。 / 慣用的な意味では、語感が人や事象にインスピレーションや啓発を与える存在を表します。

A single ray of light pierced the dusty attic, revealing motes dancing in its glow.

埃っぽい屋根裏に一本の光の筋が差し込み、その輝きの中で舞う塵が見えた。

意味（1）

(physics) A path a photon or a group of photons takes through space, visible as a column of light.

意味（2）

(idiomatic) An inspiring or enlightening person or thing.

I think he was somewhat lost for a political position - a simple conservatism did not attract him - and I make the guess that Arnold had been a spar that he got hold of as he struggled to find a political position. I was certainly in that position, having been persuaded by Anderson, especially at the lunch-hour meetings of his Free-thought Society, of the bankruptcy of the Left. Arnold came to me as a most welcome ray of light.

rays of light （ plural ）