| 单词 | relay |
| 释义 | relay n. & v. --n 1. a fresh set of people or horses substituted for tired ones. 2. a gang of workers, supply of material, etc., deployed on the same basis (operated in relays). 3. = relay race. 4. a device activating changes in an electric circuit etc. in response to other changes affecting itself. 5. a a device to receive, reinforce, and transmit a telegraph message, broadcast programme, etc. b a relayed message or transmission. --vtr. 1. receive (a message, broadcast, etc.) and transmit it to others. 2. a arrange in relays. b provide with or replace by relays. Phrases and idioms relay race a race between teams of which each member in turn covers part of the distance. Etymology: ME f. OF relai (n.), relayer (v.) (as RE-, laier ult. f. L laxare): cf. RELAX |
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