relay1
KK: [rɪˈlе ˈrilе]
DJ: [riˈlеi ˈriːlеi]
vt.
- 分程傳遞;轉達;轉播
He
relayed the news to his mother.
他將這個消息轉達給他的母親。
- 給……換班;使得到替換(或補充)
- 用繼電器控制
vi.
- 分程傳遞;轉達;轉播
n.
- 接替;接替人員;替換的馬(或獵狗等)[C]
- 接力賽跑;接力賽中的一程[C]
- 分程傳遞;傳達;轉運;中繼轉播[U]
- 【機】伺服電機[C]
- 【電】繼電器[C]
片語
by relay
- 以實況轉播的方式
The concert was broadcast
by relay.
這場音樂會是實況轉播的。
in/by relays
- 以輪班方式;輪流地
His questioners worked on him
in relays.
審訊人員輪流對他進行審訊。
辨析
relay1
/
ˈriːleɪ/
n.
- a group of people or animals engaged in a task for a period of time and then replaced by a similar group.
▸a race between teams of runners, each team member in turn covering part of the total distance.
- an electrical device which is activated by a current in one circuit to open or close another circuit.
- a device to receive, reinforce, and retransmit a signal.
▸a message, programme, etc. transmitted by such a device.
v.
/also
rɪˈleɪ/
- receive and pass on (information).
- broadcast by a relay.
Etymology
ME: from OFr. relai (n.), relayer (v.), based on L. laxare ‘slacken’.
relay2
/
riːˈleɪ/
v.
(past and past part. relaid)
lay again or differently.