chain
n
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(a) [C, U] (length of) connected metal links or rings, used for hauling or supporting weights or for fastening or restraining things 鏈子; 鏈條
keep a dog on a chain 用鏈子把狗拴住
pull the chain, ie to flush the toilet 拉鏈子(沖抽水馬桶)
Remember to put the chain on the door when you lock it. 鎖門時別忘掛防盜鏈.
a length of chain 一截鏈條.
(b) [C] length or loop of chain used for a specific purpose (有某種用途的)一截或一圈鏈條
a bicycle chain, ie for transmitting power from the pedals to the wheels 自行車鏈條
The mayor wore her chain of office round her neck. 市長戴帶著象徵她官職的項鏈兒.
She wore a locket hanging on a silver chain. 她戴著銀項鏈兒, 墜著個掛盒. =>illus at App 1 見附錄1之插圖, page xiii. =>illus 見插圖.
2 [C usu pl 通常作復(fù)數(shù)]
(fig 比喻) thing that confines or restrains 束縛或限制的事物
the chains of poverty 貧困的桎梏.
3 [C] series of connected things 一系列的事物
a chain of mountains/a mountain chain 連綿的山[山脈]
a chain of circumstances, events, ideas 一系列的情況、 事件、 意見.
4 [C] group of shops or hotels owned by the same company 同一公司所屬的商店或旅店; 聯(lián)號
a chain of supermarkets/a supermarket chain 超級市場聯(lián)號.
5 [C] (formerly) unit of length (66 feet) for measuring land (舊時)測鏈(測量土地的長度單位, 等於66英尺). =>App 5 見附錄5.
6 (idm 習(xí)語) in chains
(a) (of a prisoner) bound with chains (指囚犯)用鏈鎖住的.
(b) not free; kept as a prisoner 不自由; 被囚禁. chain, v [Tn esp passive 尤用於被動語態(tài), Tn.pr, Tn.p]
~ sb/sth (to sb/sth); ~ sb/sth (up) fasten or confine sb/sth with or as if with a chain 用鏈子或像用鏈子一樣拴住或束縛住某人[某事物]
prisoners chained to a wall, each other 用鏈子鎖在墻上、 互相鎖住的囚犯
chain (up) a dog for the night 晚上用鏈子把狗拴起來
(fig 比喻) Too many women feel chained to the kitchen sink, ie feel that they spend all their time doing housework. 很多婦女覺得自己被拴了在廚房的洗滌槽上.
?? 考研助記
表鏈拆(chai)哪(n)兒了?
?? 擴(kuò)展釋義
*[t?ein]n. 鏈, 枷鎖, 束縛vt. 用鐵練鎖住, 束縛, 囚禁【醫(yī)】 鏈
?? 同為「高中」詞匯
pantsn. <英>(緊身的)短褲;<美> 褲子;喘氣( pant的名詞復(fù)數(shù) );
v. 喘氣,喘息( pant的第三人稱單數(shù) );喘著氣說;