及物动词

名词

1. 链条;链子
A chain consists of metal rings connected together in a line.

2. 手铐；镣铐
If prisoners are in chains, they have thick rings of metal round their wrists or ankles to prevent them from escaping.

3. 约束;羁绊;顾虑
You can refer to feelings and duties which prevent you from doing what you want to do as chains .

4. 用链子捆住;把…拴起来
If a person or thing is chained to something, they are fastened to it with a chain.

5. 一连串;一排
A chain of things is a group of them existing or arranged in a line.

6. 连锁店;连锁集团
A chain of shops, hotels, or other businesses is a number of them owned by the same person or company.

7. 一连串;一系列
A chain of events is a series of them happening one after another.

8. see also: food chain

相关词组：chain up

1. a series of (usually metal) rings or links fitted into one another to make a flexible ligament

2. a necklace made by a stringing objects together

e.g. a string of beads
a strand of pearls

Synonym: stringstrand

3. anything that acts as a restraint

4. a linked or connected series of objects

e.g. a chain of daisies

5. (business) a number of similar establishments (stores or restaurants or banks or hotels or theaters) under one ownership

6. a series of things depending on each other as if linked together

e.g. the chain of command
a complicated concatenation of circumstances

Synonym: concatenation

7. (chemistry) a series of linked atoms (generally in an organic molecule)

Synonym: chemical chain

8. a series of hills or mountains

e.g. the valley was between two ranges of hills
the plains lay just beyond the mountain range

Synonym: rangemountain rangerange of mountainsmountain chainchain of mountains

9. a unit of length