relay

noun · verbA2

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

relays

1.
(rare)(hunting, rare) A new set of hounds.
2.
(historical)(now chiefly historical) A new set of horses kept along a specific route so that they can replace animals that are tired.
3.
(broadly)(by extension) A new set of anything.
4.
A series of vehicles travelling in sequence.
5.
(sports) A competition between teams where members of a team take turns completing parts of a course or performing a certain action.
Đồng nghĩa: relay race
6.
(electronics) An electrical actuator that allows a relatively small electrical voltage or current to control a larger voltage or current.

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verb

V_es/s

relays

V_ing/Gerund

relaying

V_ed/pp

relayedrelaid

1.
(transitive)To pass on or transfer (information).
The CCTV cameras relay what's going on to the headquarters.
Can you relay this message to John?
2.
(intransitive, obsolete)(obsolete, intransitive, hunting) To release a new set of hounds.
3.
(archaic, transitive)(transitive, now rare) To place (people or horses) in relays, such that one can take over from another.
4.
(archaic, intransitive)(intransitive, now rare) To take on a new relay of horses; to change horses.
5.
(alt of, alternative)Alternative spelling of re-lay.

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Đồng nghĩa

relay raceconveyto relay a message convey

Cùng gốc / liên quan

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle French relai (reserve pack of hounds), from relaier (to exchange tired animals for fresh); literally, "to leave behind", from Old French relaier (to leave behind), from re- + laier (to leave), of uncertain origin.