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relay1

noun
🔊/ˈriːleɪ/
🔊/ˈriːleɪ/
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  1. (also relay race)
     a race between teams in which each member of the team runs or swims one section of the race接力赛
    • the 4 × 100m relay4 × 100 米接力赛
    • a relay team接力队
    • the sprint relay短跑接力赛
    • She ran in the 4 × 400 relay.她参加了4 × 400 米接力。
    Topics Sports: other sportsc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • 4 by 400
    • etc.
    • freestyle
    • …
    verb + relay
    • run
    • run in
    • swim
    • …
    relay + noun
    • race
    • squad
    • team
    • …
    See full entry
  2. a fresh set of people or animals that take the place of others that are tired or have finished a period of work接班的人（或动物）；轮换者
    • The wagons were pulled by relays of horses.货车由一组接一组的马匹轮流拉
    • in relays Rescuers worked in relays to save the trapped miners.救援人员轮班营救受困的矿工。🔊🔊
  3. an electronic device that receives radio or television signals and sends them on again with greater strength中继设备
    • a relay station中继站
    Topics Engineeringc2
    4. Word Originlate Middle English (referring to the provision of fresh hounds on the track of a deer): from Old French relai (noun), relayer (verb), based on Latin laxare ‘slacken’.

relay1

verb
🔊/ˈriːleɪ/, 🔊/rɪˈleɪ/
🔊/ˈriːleɪ/, 🔊/rɪˈleɪ/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they relay
🔊/ˈriːleɪ/, 🔊/rɪˈleɪ/
🔊/ˈriːleɪ/, 🔊/rɪˈleɪ/
he / she / it relays
🔊/ˈriːleɪz/, 🔊/rɪˈleɪz/
🔊/ˈriːleɪz/, 🔊/rɪˈleɪz/
past simple relayed
🔊/ˈriːleɪd/, 🔊/rɪˈleɪd/
🔊/ˈriːleɪd/, 🔊/rɪˈleɪd/
past participle relayed
🔊/ˈriːleɪd/, 🔊/rɪˈleɪd/
🔊/ˈriːleɪd/, 🔊/rɪˈleɪd/
-ing form relaying
🔊/ˈriːleɪɪŋ/, 🔊/rɪˈleɪɪŋ/
🔊/ˈriːleɪɪŋ/, 🔊/rɪˈleɪɪŋ/
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  1. relay something (to somebody) to receive and send on information, news, etc. to somebody转发（信息、消息等）
    • He relayed the message to his boss.他将这个消息转给了他的老板。🔊🔊
    • Instructions were relayed to him by phone.通过电话将指令转达给了他。🔊🔊
  2. relay something (to somebody) to broadcast television or radio signals播放，转播（电视或广播信号）
    • The game was relayed by satellite to audiences all over the world.这场比赛通过卫星向全世界的观众进行了转播。🔊🔊
    Topics TV, radio and newsc2
    3. Word Originlate Middle English (referring to the provision of fresh hounds on the track of a deer): from Old French relai (noun), relayer (verb), based on Latin laxare ‘slacken’.

relay2

verb
🔊/ˌriːˈleɪ/
🔊/ˌriːˈleɪ/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they relay
🔊/ˌriːˈleɪ/
🔊/ˌriːˈleɪ/
he / she / it relays
🔊/ˌriːˈleɪz/
🔊/ˌriːˈleɪz/
past simple relaid
🔊/ˌriːˈleɪd/
🔊/ˌriːˈleɪd/
past participle relaid
🔊/ˌriːˈleɪd/
🔊/ˌriːˈleɪd/
-ing form relaying
🔊/ˌriːˈleɪɪŋ/
🔊/ˌriːˈleɪɪŋ/
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  1. relay something to lay something again or in a different way播放，转播（电视或广播信号）
    • The council are going to relay the road surface outside our house next month.市政厅下个月要在我们家外面转交路面。