新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

chain

英  [tʃeɪn]
    

[NOUN, VERB]

    NOUN. 名词
  • chains

    1[C 可数名词] 链子

    A chain consists of metal rings connected together in a line.

    双语例句

    例:

    His open shirt revealed a fat gold chain.

    他敞开的衬衣里露出一条粗大的金链子。

    2[C 可数名词] 一连串 , 一系列

    A chain of things is a group of them existing or arranged in a line.

    双语例句

    例:

    a chain of islands known as the Windward Islands.

    被称为“向风群岛”的列岛。

    3[C 可数名词] 连锁店

    A chain of shops, hotels, or other businesses is a number of them owned by the same person or company.

    双语例句

    例:

    a large supermarket chain.

    大型连锁超市。

    4[PL 复数] 镣铐

    If prisoners are in chains, they have thick rings of metal around their wrists or ankles to prevent them from escaping.

    双语例句

    例:

    He'd spent four and a half years in windowless cells, much of the time in chains.

    他在无窗的牢房里呆了4年半,大部分时间是镣铐加身。

    5[SING 单数型名词] 一连串 , 一系列

    A chain of events is a series of them happening one after another.

    近义词

    series

    双语例句

    例:

    the bizarre chain of events that led to his departure in January 1938.

    导致他1938年1月离去的一连串怪异事件。

    PHRASAL VERB. 短语动词
  • chain up

    1[PHRASAL 短语] 用链条拴住(同)chain)

    Chain up means the same as chain.

    双语例句

    例:

    They kept me chained up every night and released me each day.

    他们每天晚上把我铐起来,白天再把我放开。

    VERB. 动词
  • chains , chaining , chained

    1[T 及物动词] 用链条拴住

    If a person or thing is chained to something, they are fastened to it with a chain.

    双语例句

    例:

    The dogs were chained to a fence.

    狗被拴在栅栏上。

    例:

    We were sitting together in our cell, chained to the wall.

    我们一起坐在牢房里,还被铐在墙上。

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