relay1
  
  
	      			KK: [rɪˈlе  ˈrilе]
	      			DJ: [riˈlеi  ˈriːlеi]
  
    vt.
    
      - 分程傳遞;轉達;轉播
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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
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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
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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.