单词 | chain |
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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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