英语词汇rayon的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	rayon
词源	rayon. A committee chose the name for this fabric, which was once known as artificial silk. The National Retail Drygoods Association committee coined rayon in 1924 from ray, as in a ray of light, and possibly from on in cotton. Never a trademark, rayon doesn’t have to be capitalized. See nylon.
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