英语词汇“horse of relay”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. A set of fresh horses obtained or kept ready at various stages along a route to replace a tired set. In early use frequently in horse of relay. Also figurative. Now chiefly historical.

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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > transport by relays of horses or vehicles > [noun] > a relay or change of horses

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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > equus caballus or horse > [noun] > fresh or reserve > set of

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1613 in J. D. Marwick Rec. Convent. Royal Burghs Scotl. (1870) II. 426 The propositioun maid..for provyding of horses of rela at plaices convenient within the realme.

1659 J. Howell Particular Vocab. §xxix, in Lex. Tetraglotton (1660) A horse of relay or return.

1694 R. Molesworth Acct. Denmark in 1692 xiii. 212 By the means of some trusty Servants, [he] had re-lays of Horses placed in convenient stations.

1713 London Gaz. No. 5137/8 [They] came hither..with three Relays of Horses.

1742 E. Young Complaint: Night the Second 18 Who call aloud..For Change of Follies, and Relays of Joy, To drag your patient, through the tedious length Of a short Winter's Day.

1763 T. Smollett Trav. (1766) I. 137 It was as disagreeable to him as to me to wait for a relay.

1843 E. Bulwer-Lytton Last of Barons II. iv. i. 7 Relays of horses are ready, night and day, to aid you to the coast.

1860 M. F. Maury Physical Geogr. Sea (ed. 8) xii. §552 Thus we are entitled to regard the Mediterranean, the Red Sea, and Persian Gulf as relays, distributed along the route of these thirsty winds..to supply them with vapours.

1879 A. R. Wallace Australasia xvi. 327 A traveller may have relays of horses to carry him day and night at the rate of ten miles an hour.

1933 H. Allen Anthony Adverse viii. 97 They galloped South along the post road, pausing only for relays, and trundled over the bridge into Avignon.

a1978 M. Mallowan in Cambr. Hist Iran (1985) II. vii. 402 Relays of post-horses..spread out at a day's interval over the royal roads.

单词	horse of relay
释义	> as lemmas horse of relay a. A set of fresh horses obtained or kept ready at various stages along a route to replace a tired set. In early use frequently in horse of relay. Also figurative. Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > transport by relays of horses or vehicles > [noun] > a relay or change of horses relay1613 shift1708 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > equus caballus or horse > [noun] > fresh or reserve > set of relay1613 1613 in J. D. Marwick Rec. Convent. Royal Burghs Scotl. (1870) II. 426 The propositioun maid..for provyding of horses of rela at plaices convenient within the realme. 1659 J. Howell Particular Vocab. §xxix, in Lex. Tetraglotton (1660) A horse of relay or return. 1694 R. Molesworth Acct. Denmark in 1692 xiii. 212 By the means of some trusty Servants, [he] had re-lays of Horses placed in convenient stations. 1713 London Gaz. No. 5137/8 [They] came hither..with three Relays of Horses. 1742 E. Young Complaint: Night the Second 18 Who call aloud..For Change of Follies, and Relays of Joy, To drag your patient, through the tedious length Of a short Winter's Day. 1763 T. Smollett Trav. (1766) I. 137 It was as disagreeable to him as to me to wait for a relay. 1843 E. Bulwer-Lytton Last of Barons II. iv. i. 7 Relays of horses are ready, night and day, to aid you to the coast. 1860 M. F. Maury Physical Geogr. Sea (ed. 8) xii. §552 Thus we are entitled to regard the Mediterranean, the Red Sea, and Persian Gulf as relays, distributed along the route of these thirsty winds..to supply them with vapours. 1879 A. R. Wallace Australasia xvi. 327 A traveller may have relays of horses to carry him day and night at the rate of ten miles an hour. 1933 H. Allen Anthony Adverse viii. 97 They galloped South along the post road, pausing only for relays, and trundled over the bridge into Avignon. a1978 M. Mallowan in Cambr. Hist Iran (1985) II. vii. 402 Relays of post-horses..spread out at a day's interval over the royal roads. extracted from relayn.¹ < as lemmas
随便看	to give the mantle and the ring to give the mate to give the mitten to give the name to to give the nap to give the needle to give the nod to give the office to give the ok to give the ok to to give the onset to give the oo to give the overthrow to give the parabien to give the parabien of to give the pas to give the pesame to give the point to give the push to give the razoo to give the razzle to give the razzle-dazzle to give the razzledazzle to give the razzmatazz to give the rein

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