relay

英 ['riːleɪ] 美[rɪ'lɛi]

vi. 转播；接替
n. [电] 继电器；接替，接替人员；驿马
vt. 转播；使接替；分程传递

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中文词源

relay 驿马，驿狗，接替，中转，接力

来自中古法语 relai,留下供接替的狗或其它动物，来自中法语 relaier,留下，供替换的动物，来自 re-,向后，laier,留下，词源同 delay,可能来自拉丁语 laxare,松开，词源同 lax,relax.原指过去打猎时在中转站放置的供接替疲劳猎狗的备用狗，或驿站供接替的马。后引申诸多词义。由于词义与 lay 接近，拼写受到 lay 影响。

词态变化

第三人称单数: relays;过去式: relayed;过去分词: relaid;现在分词: relaying;

助记提示

1. 再放一遍。

英文词源

relay (n.): late 14c., "hounds placed along a line of chase," from Middle French relai "reserve pack of hounds or other animals" (13c.), from Old French relaier "to exchange tired animals for fresh," literally "leave behind," from re- "back" (see re-) + laier "to leave" (see delay (v.)). The etymological sense is "to leave (dogs) behind (in order to take fresh ones)." Of horses, 1650s. Electromagnetic sense first recorded 1860. As a type of foot-race, it is attested from 1898.
relay (v.): c. 1400, "to set a pack of (fresh) hounds after a quarry;" also "change horses," from Old French relaiier, from relai (see relay (n.)). Related: Relayed; relaying.

双语例句

1. Britain's prospects of beating the United States in the relay looked poor.: 英国要在接力赛中战胜美国，前景看上去并不那么乐观。

2. This metal tower is used to relay television signals to distant villages.: 这个金属塔是用于向遥远的村子转播电视讯号的.

3. Messengers will relay your letters.: 邮递员将接转你的信件.

4. They will relay your message.: 他们会转达你的口信.

5. Lewis has recently recovered his fitness and will clash with Christie in the 4x100m relay.: 刘易斯近来恢复了状态，将在4×100米接力赛中和克里斯蒂一决雌雄。

英英释意

1. the act of relaying something

2. electrical device such that current flowing through it in one circuit can switch on and off a current in a second circuit

考试真题

Newspapers relay daily accounts of goal-setting prevalent in industries and businesses up and down both Wall Street and Main Street , yet there has been surprisingly little research on how the long-trumpeted practice of setting goals may have contributed to the current economic crisis , and unethical （不道德的）behavior in general.

And he would relay the information to his commander.

From there, dogsled drivers- known as "mushers" - would carry it to nome in a relay.

实用场景例句

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。

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。

the 4 × 100m relay: 4 × 100米接力赛

a relay team: 接力队

the sprint relay: 短跑接力赛

Rescuers worked in relays to save the trapped miners.: 救援人员轮班营救受困的矿工。

a relay station: 中继站

Britain's prospects of beating the United States in the relay looked poor.: 英国要在接力赛中战胜美国，前景看上去并不那么乐观。

The satellite will be used mainly to relay television programmes...: 这颗人造卫星主要用途是转播电视节目。

This system continuously monitors levels of radiation and relays the information to a central computer...: 这个系统不间断地监控辐射水平，并将信息传送到中央计算机。

...a security system with satellite relays.: 带有卫星传输设备的保安系统

...a television relay station.: 电视转播站

She relayed the message, then frowned...: 她把消息带到了，然后皱紧了眉头。

The decision will be relayed to Iraq's ambassador at the UN.: 这个决定将会被传达给伊拉克驻联合国大使。

The application technology of relay with MOS coincides the development direction of automotive electronic technology.: MOS管继电器应用技术符合汽车电子技术未来的发展方向,是汽车电子走向集成化、规模化的必然选择.

We need torch relay, not irreverence to dead, but to bring pride to China!: 我们需要快乐的火炬传递, 这不是对死者的不敬, 而是为了给所有的中国人带来骄傲.

Remove relay by lifting straight up.: 垂直向上地拆下继电器.

I was very glad when the boys won the relay race.: 男同学们赢得了接力赛跑,我非常高兴.

The torch relay resumed at a container port in eastern China's seaport city of Ningbo.: 火炬接力在中国东部海港城市宁波的集装箱港口恢复.

Our best starter will run the first leg of the relay.: 我队起跑最好的运动员跑第一棒.

She wanted to relay the carpet in her new home.: 她想重新铺设她新房子的地毯.

The relay protection ensures the safe operation of the electric system.: 继电保护装置是电力系统安全运行的保证.

IN THE TRANS RELAY CONNECTOR.: 在变速继电器接通中.

Are we still in range to relay the message to Atlantis?: 我们还在可以转发给消息给亚特兰蒂斯的范围之内么 ?

So developing the research on the reliability test technology of thermal overload relay has great signifi.: 因此开展对热过载继电器可靠性试验技术的研究具有重要意义.

REINSTALL THE INTERMITTENT WIPER RELAY.: 重新安装间歇的雨刷继电器.

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