| 词汇 | chain |
| 释义 | chain | BrE tʃeɪn, AmE tʃeɪn | A. noun ① uncountable and countable (metal links) 链条 ▸ a length of chain 一截链条 ▸ to put or keep sb in chains 给某人戴上镣铐 ▸ the mayor was not wearing his chain (of office) 市长没有佩戴链徽 ▸ to pull the (lavatory) chain 冲马桶 ▸ a bicycle chain 自行车链 ▸ a door chain (for security) 防盗门链 ② countable figurative literary (restriction) 束缚 ▸ the chains of poverty 贫穷的枷锁 ③ countable (connected elements) 一系列 ; (line of people, things) 一连串 ▸ a chain of events 一系列事件 ▸ they formed a human chain 他们排成了一条长龙 ④ countable (of mountains) 山链 ; (of islands) 岛链 ⑤ countable Chemistry 链 ⑥ countable Business 联号 ▸ a supermarket chain 连锁超市 ⑦ countable (measure of length) 测链 [用于丈量土地，长度为66英尺或20.12米] B. transitive verb 用链条拴住 ▸ the prisoners were chained to the wall 囚犯被链条锁在墙上 ▸ to be chained to one's desk figurative 离不开办公桌 PHRASAL VERBS chain down: transitive verb [chain down sb/sth, chain sb/sth down] 用链条拴住 ‹person, animal›chain up: transitive verb [chain up sb/sth, chain sb/sth up] 用链条拴牢 ‹person, animal, bicycle› |
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