首页英语词典chainchain英英释意

chain

英[tʃeɪn] 美[tʃen]
  • n. 链;束缚;枷锁
  • vt. 束缚;囚禁;用铁链锁住

英英释意


1. a series of things depending on each other as if linked together;
"the chain of command"
"a complicated concatenation of circumstances"
2. (chemistry) a series of linked atoms (generally in an organic molecule)
3. a series of (usually metal) rings or links fitted into one another to make a flexible ligament
4. a number of similar establishments (stores or restaurants or banks or hotels or theaters) under one ownership
5. anything that acts as a restraint
6. a unit of length
7. a series of hills or mountains;
"the valley was between two ranges of hills"
"the plains lay just beyond the mountain range"
8. metal shackles; for hands or legs
9. a necklace made by a stringing objects together;
"a string of beads"
"a strand of pearls";