| 释义 |
relay1 /ri-lāˈ, also rēˈlā or rē-lāˈ/ noun- Orig a supply of horses, etc to relieve others on a journey
- A fresh set of dogs in hunting (archaic)
- A station for either of these
- A relieving shift of men
- A supplementary store of anything
- A relay race, or one of its stages
- An electrically-operated switch employed to effect changes in an independent circuit
- Any device by which a weak electric current or other small power is used to control a strong one
- A relayed programme, or act or fact of relaying it
transitive verb (pat and pap relayed)- To place in, relieve, control, supply or transmit by relay
- To rebroadcast (a programme received from another station or source)
intransitive verb- To obtain a relay
- To operate a relay
ORIGIN: OFr relais relay of horses or dogs; origin obscure relay race noun A race between teams, each person running part of the total distance |