chain

复数：chains过去式：chained过去分词：chained现在分词：chaining第三人称单数：chains

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

• break a chain打碎铁链
• fasten a chain系紧锁链
• pull the chain冲洗厕所
• shake off one's chains摆脱锁链
• tighten a chain拉紧锁链

• clanking chain叮当作响的铁链
• strong chain坚固的锁链

• anchor chain锚链
• bicycle chain自行车链
• department-store chain联营百货商店
• engineer's chain工程师的测链
• family chains家庭约束
• gold chain金链
• hotel chain连锁旅馆
• human chain一长列人
• iron chain铁链
• mountain chain山峦
• restaurant chain联营餐馆
• the island chains岛屿群
• tire chain轮胎防滑链
• watch chain表链

• chain reaction连锁反应
• chain store连锁店

• in chains被镣铐锁着的,被囚禁
• link in a chain链子上的一只链环
• put sb in chains给某人扣镣铐
• keep a dog on a chain用链子把狗拴住

• a chain of events一连串的事件
• a chain of misfortunes一连串的灾祸
• put chains on给…上防滑链
• a chain on sb's mind思想上的束缚

• chain one's attention to sb全神贯注于某人
• chain the dog用铁链把狗拴起来
• chain the door把门用铁链锁好
• chain the prisoners把囚犯用铁链锁住

• chain firmly紧紧地拴住
• chain secularly受世俗的束缚
• chain stoutly拴得结实
• chain tightly紧紧地拴住
• chain off用锁链拦断

• chain sb to a decision使某人受一决定的限制

supply chain供应链；供给链；供需链

supply chain management供应连锁管理

value chain价值链

industrial chain产业链；工业链锁

chain reaction连锁反应；链式反应

food chain食物链

markov chain n. [统]马尔可夫链

chain store连锁商店

polymerase chain reaction聚合酶链反应

in chains在囚禁中；上着镣铐

side chain侧链；侧锁

long chain长链

key chain钥匙扣；钥匙链

chain link链连

chain length[化]链长

production chain生产链；流水线

cold chain（新鲜食品的）低温运输系统

retail chain连锁店；零售联营

chain wheel链轮；滑轮

chain transfer链转移；链传递

1. Though you seek in garments the freedom of privacy you may find in them a harness and a chain.
   你们想借着衣服得到隐私的自由,反而却因此为之羁绊和束缚。
2. She wore a silver chain around her neck.
   她脖子上戴着一条银项链。
3. He detached a link from a chain.
   他从链子上拆下一个链环。
4. The Government fear the strike may produce a chain reaction in other industries.
   政府害怕罢工可能在其他行业产生连锁反应。

1. He is chained to his work.
   他工作忙得不能分身。