- (also relay race)
a race between teams in which each member of the team runs or swims one section of the race 接力赛 the 4 × 100m relay 4 × 100 米接力赛 a relay team 接力队 the sprint relay 短跑接力赛 She ran in the 4 × 400 relay. 她参加了4 × 400 米接力。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- 4 by 400
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- freestyle
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- run
- run in
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- race
- squad
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a fresh set of people or animals that take the place of others that are tired or have finished a period of work 接班的人（或动物）；轮换者 The wagons were pulled by relays of horses. 货车由一组接一组的马匹轮流拉 - in relays
Rescuers worked in relays to save the trapped miners. 救援人员轮班营救受困的矿工。
an electronic device that receives radio or television signals and sends them on again with greater strength 中继设备 a relay station 中继站
Word Originlate 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’.