| 正面 | 8481.relay 英 ['riːleɪ]美 [rɪ'lɛi]     |
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| 背面 |      释义： 1. 再放一遍。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 例句： 1. 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。 relay 驿马，驿狗，接替，中转，接力来自中古法语 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。 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." |