1.in relaysCONTINUOUSif people do something in relays, several small groups of them do it, one group after another, so that the activity is continuous 轮班,轮换
He quickly relayed this news to the other members of staff.
他马上就把这个消息转告给了其他员工。
2TCBif radio or television signals are relayed, they are received and sent, especially so that they can be heard on the radio or seen on television 中继转发,转播〔广播或电视信号〕
re·lay3 /riːˈleɪ/ verb (past tensepst and past participlepprelaid) [transitiveT]
TBDHto lay something on the ground again because it was not done well enough before 重铺,重新铺设
The carpet will have to be relaid.
地毯必须重铺。
Examples from the Corpus
relay• He was more likely to call Rob and relay a message.• I wanted to relay all the twists and turns of my investigation.• This enabled much of the Promenadetrack to be relaid during the 1970s and the Fleetwood track in 1982-3.• The flags are now to be numbered and lifted, and will then be relaid on a waterproofmembrane.• They will verbally relay the daily messages from home and transmit back her responses.