Meaning of shrink ray | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A fictional device that shrinks objects to a smaller size.
2. A fictional ray of energy or influence, or beam of radiation, that emanates from such a device.

Examples

“On this episode of Interstellar Voyagers From Uranus, our heroes encounter a planet where aliens have built shrink rays that threaten to trap them inside a terrarium as the aliens' pets!”

““Listen, the weather is in your blood. You should be the Green Man holding the fluffy white fun bags.” “Do you mean clouds?” “If only you could think of a way to get into that Cloud Guy suit.” “Like, if it shrank. Yes. So I need to... invent a shrink ray?” “No. At the station, use the dryer.””

“On this episode of Interstellar Voyagers From Uranus, our heroes encounter a planet where shrink rays threaten to trap them inside a terrarium as an alien's pets!”

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