1. 束缚，拘禁，拘束，羁绊
2. 链，链条，链子
3. 项圈
4. 镣铐
5. 联号
6. 一系列，一连串，连锁，连续
7. 【纺】经纱
8. 【电】电路
9. 表链
10. 山脉
11. 【化】链
12. 【海】锚链
13. 【测】测链
14. （公司下属的）联号商店，连锁商店

1. 用锁链拴住，用链子拴住，用铁链锁住，用链（条）系住
2. 束缚
3. 连结
4. 【测】用测链测量
5. 固定
6. 囚禁，拘禁，监禁
7. 给…带上镣铐

1. [C]链,锁链 (length of) connected metal links or rings, used for hauling or supporting weights or for fastening or restraining things
2. [C]一系列的事物 series of connected things
3. [C]联号,连锁店或旅馆 group of shops or hotels owned by the same company
4. [P]束缚 thing that confines or restrains

1. vt. 用铁链锁住 make fast with a chain or chains
2. vt. 束缚 bind down

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

   "the chain of command"
   "a complicated concatenation of circumstances"
   

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

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

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

5. anything that acts as a restraint

6. a unit of length

7. British biochemist (born in Germany) who isolated and purified penicillin, which had been discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming (1906-1979)

8. a series of hills or mountains;

   "the valley was between two ranges of hills"
   "the plains lay just beyond the mountain range"
   

9. a linked or connected series of objects;

   "a chain of daisies"
   

10. a necklace made by a stringing objects together;

    "a string of beads"
    "a strand of pearls"
    

1. connect or arrange into a chain by linking

2. fasten or secure with chains;

   "chain the chairs together"
   

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

e.g. His open shirt revealed a fat goldchain...
他的衬衫敞着，露出一条很粗的金链。
e.g. The dogs were leaping and growling at the full stretch of their chains.
那些狗又蹦又叫，把链子绷得紧紧的。

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

e.g. He'd spent four and a half years in windowless cells, much of the time in chains.
他已经在没有窗户的牢房里呆了4年半，多数时间都戴着镣铐。

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

e.g. He had to break right now the chains of habit that bound him to the present.
他必须现在就打破把他束缚在当前境况的习惯。

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

e.g. The dog was chained to the leg of the one solid garden seat...
狗被拴在公园一个固定座位的腿上。
e.g. She chained her bike to the railings...
她把自行车锁在栏杆上。

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

chain的解释

e.g. ...achain of islands known as the Windward Islands...
名为“向风群岛”的岛群
e.g. Students tried to form a humanchain around the parliament.
学生们试图在议会四周围成人墙。

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

e.g. ...a large supermarketchain.
大型连锁超市
e.g. ...Italy's leadingchain of cinemas.
意大利最大的连锁影院

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

chain是什么意思

e.g. ...the bizarrechain of events that led to his departure in January 1938.
促使他于1938年1月离去的一连串离奇事件

8. see also: food chain

相关词组：chain up

1. 鍊條：阿财写:动力组基本上包含区柄(crankset)、大盘(chain ring)、钳齿轮(cog)、鍊条(chain)与踏板(pedal),每个零件受力都很大,不过如果安装正确,其实都很难烂掉.

1. She had a silver peace symbol hanging from a chain around her neck.
   她有一个银制的和平标志挂在项链上。
2. She wore a gold chain round her neck.
   她脖子上挂着一根金项链。
3. The criminals were paraded in chains through the crowded streets.
   罪犯带着镣铐被押着列队游街示众。
4. Penologists condemn the practice of using chain gangs.
   罪犯教育学家谴责那种把囚犯用铁链拴在一起做苦役的做法。
5. Man is born free yet, everywhere he is in chains.
   人生来是自由的,然而他却无处不受束缚。
6. There are so many chain stores around that the shops in one town are often exactly the same as the shops in another.
   到处都是连锁店,所以各个城镇的商店常常完全一样。
7. With whispers and chain letters they spread the word.
   他们又是窃窃私语,又是写连锁信,把消息传出去。
8. If you are a chain smoker you may get lung cancer.
   如果你一支接一支地抽烟,有可能得肺癌的。
9. One link broken, the whole chain is broken.
   一环脱,全链断。
10. Each link that makes up a chain is equally important.
    链子上面的每一环都同等重要,缺一不可。
11. The chain is no stronger than its weakest link.
    一环薄弱全局垮。

1. She chained the door.
   她把门用铁链锁好。
2. They chained the prisoners.
   他们把囚犯用铁链锁住。
3. He chained the dog for the night.
   晚上他用铁链把狗拴起来。
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4. That one was soon chained, and the two men left.
   那人被锁住后,这两个人就走了。

a chain reaction

连锁反应 series of events each of which causes the next

chain down (v.+adv.)

拴住,束缚 make fast with a chain or chains
chain sb/sth ⇔ down

I didn't want to chain you down, feel free to use your own ideas.

我不想束缚你的手脚,你可以充分利用自己的智谋。

Don't worry about the heavy load; it's chained down.

别担心装载量大,已经用链子拴住了。

I feel chained down with a wife, a house and children.

我觉得受妻子家室之累。

chain to (v.+prep.)

〈非正〉拴住,束缚 confine with a chain
chain sb/sth to sb/sth

She chained the wolf securely to the post.

她用铁链把那只狼牢牢地锁在那根柱子上。

He chained his bicycle to the post.

他把自行车用铁链锁在那根柱子上。

In former times, prisoners were chained to one another.

在古代,囚犯们被相互拴着。

My mother always complained of being chained to the house.

妈妈总是抱怨自己被束缚在这栋房子里。

Mother is chained to housework.

母亲被家务活束缚住了。

Too many women feel chained to the kitchen sink.

许多妇女觉得自己被拴在了厨房的洗涤槽上。

With a sick husband, she was chained to the house all day.

由于丈夫生病,她整天被拴在家里。

Through all that lovely summer,I remained chained to my desk.

在那风光盈人的夏天,我一直被牵制在书桌旁。

chain up (v.+adv.)

拴住 confine with a chain
chain sb/sth ⇔ up

His father chained him up.

他父亲把他锁起来。

Of course the dog makes such a noise; the poor creature is chained up all day.

难怪这狗汪汪叫个不停,这可怜的小家伙已被拴了一天了。

• To bottomless perdition, there to dwell In Adamantine chains and penal Fire.

  出自：Milton

• Is life so dear..as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery?

  出自：P. Henry

1. chain的基本意思是“链子,链条”,是可数名词,由其环环相扣的形状而引申为“一系列,一连串”“连锁店”,由其“锁链”的作用而引申可表示“束缚”。
2. chain作“束缚”解时,常用复数。

1. chain的基本意思是“用链条拴〔锁〕住”,引申则可表示“束缚”。
2. chain是及物动词,接名词或代词作宾语,可用于被动结构。

a chain of, a series of

这二者都有“一连串”的意思,但意义有所不同。a series of只表示数量,而a chain of含“前因后果”的意味。例如:

It awakens a series of associations of ideas.

它唤起一系列的联想。

Their acts set off a chain of revolts through- out the country.

他们的行为在全国引发了一系列叛乱。

下面两个短语意思不同:

a man in chains 上镣铐的人

a chainman 测链员

• ☆ 1300年左右进入英语，直接源自古法语的chaeine；最初源自古典拉丁语的catena，意为链条。