relay

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

relay [relay relays relayed relaying] verb, noun
verb BrE [ˈriːleɪ] ; NAmE [ˈriːleɪ] BrE [rɪˈleɪ] ; NAmE [rɪˈleɪ]
1. ~ sth (to sb) to receive and send on information, news, etc. to sb
•He relayed the message to his boss.
•Instructions were relayed to him by phone.
2. ~ sth (to sb) to broadcast television or radio signals
•The game was relayed by satellite to audiences all over the world.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
late Middle English (referring to the provision of fresh hounds on the track of a deer): from Old French relai (noun), relayer (verb), based on Latin laxare ‘slacken’.

Example Bank:
•Instructions were relayed to her by phone.

 
noun BrE [ˈriːleɪ] ; NAmE [ˈriːleɪ]
1. (also ˈrelay race)a race between teams in which each member of the team runs or swims one section of the race
•the 4 × 100m relay
•a relay team
•the sprint relay
2. a fresh set of people or animals that take the place of others that are tired or have finished a period of work
•Rescuers worked in relays to save the trapped miners.
•The wagons were pulled by relays of horses.
3. an electronic device that receives radio or television signals and sends them on again with greater strength
•a relay station

Word Origin:
late Middle English (referring to the provision of fresh hounds on the track of a deer): from Old French relai (noun), relayer (verb), based on Latin laxare ‘slacken’.

Example Bank:
•She ran in the 4 × 400 relay.

 

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  electrical relay, relay race