relay

• 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

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。

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

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.

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.

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And he would relay the information to his commander.

2018年6月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section B

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

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He relayed the message to his boss.

他将这个消息转给了他的老板。

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Instructions were relayed to him by phone.

通过电话将指令转达给了他。

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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。

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the 4 × 100m relay

4 × 100米接力赛

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a relay team

接力队

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the sprint relay

短跑接力赛

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Rescuers worked in relays to save the trapped miners.

救援人员轮班营救受困的矿工。

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a relay station

中继站

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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。

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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。

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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。

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...a security system with satellite relays.

带有卫星传输设备的保安系统

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...a television relay station.

电视转播站

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She relayed the message, then frowned...

她把消息带到了，然后皱紧了眉头。

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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。

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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.

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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.

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Remove relay by lifting straight up.

垂直向上地拆下继电器.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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She wanted to relay the carpet in her new home.

她想重新铺设她新房子的地毯.

辞典例句

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.

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IN THE TRANS RELAY CONNECTOR.

在变速继电器接通中.

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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 ?

电影对白

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.

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REINSTALL THE INTERMITTENT WIPER RELAY.

重新安装间歇的雨刷继电器.

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