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Chain N Count Chained Metal Rings Line 例:The N Plural

单词 chain
音标
英[tʃeɪn] 美[tʃen]
解释
n.链子,链条;连锁,连续;拘束;连锁店或旅馆系列的事物;vt.用铁链锁住;监禁,束缚;
例句

N-COUNT
链条;链子
A chain consists of metal rings connected together in a line.
例:His open shirt revealed a fat gold chain...他的衬衫敞着,露出一条很粗的金链。
例: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。

N-PLURAL
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.
例: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。

N-PLURAL
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 .
例: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。

VERB
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.
例: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。
例:She chained her bike to the railings...她把自行车锁在栏杆上。

N-COUNT
一连串;一排
A chain of things is a group of them existing or arranged in a line.
例:...a chain of islands known as the Windward Islands...名为“向风群岛”的岛群
例:Students tried to form a human chain around the parliament.学生们试图在议会四周围成人墙。

N-COUNT
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.
例:...a large supermarket chain.大型连锁超市
例:...Italy's leading chain of cinemas.意大利最大的连锁影院

N-SING
一连串;一系列
A chain of events is a series of them happening one after another.
例:...the bizarre chain 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
变形
third:chains~done:chained~pl:chains~ing:chaining~past:chained~

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