relay

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

I - noun

1. the act of passing something along from one person or group to another (Freq. 1)
- the relay was successful
• Hypernyms:
passage, handing over
2. a crew of workers who relieve another crew
• Hypernyms:
shift
3. a fresh team to relieve weary draft animals
• Hypernyms:
team
4. a race between teams;
each member runs or swims part of the distance
• Syn:
relay race
• Hypernyms:
race
• Hyponyms:
torch race
5. electrical device such that current flowing through it in one circuit can switch on and off a current in a second circuit
• Syn:
electrical relay
• Hypernyms:
electrical device
• Part Holonyms:
circuit, electrical circuit, electric circuit
• Part Meronyms:
electromagnet

II - verb

1. pass along (Freq. 2)
- Please relay the news to the villagers
• Hypernyms:
communicate, pass on, pass, pass along, put across
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s something to somebody
- They relay them the information
- They relay the information to them
2. control or operate by relay
• Hypernyms:
operate, control
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something

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