relay CET6 TEM4 ( relaying, relayed, relays )

名词读作ˈriːleɪ，动词读作rɪˈleɪ。

• 1. 

  N-COUNT A relay or a relay race is a race between two or more teams, for example teams of runners or swimmers. Each member of the team runs or swims one section of the race. 接力赛

  例：

  Britain's prospects of beating the United States in the relay looked poor.

  英国队在接力赛中战胜美国队的希望看上去不大。

• 2. 

  V-T To relay television or radio signals means to send them or broadcast them. 转播

  例：

  The satellite will be used mainly to relay television programmes.

  这颗卫星将主要用来转播电视节目。

• 3. 

  V-T If you relay something that has been said to you, you repeat it to another person. 转告 [正式]

  例：

  She relayed the message, then frowned.

  她转告了那个消息，然后皱了皱眉。