Chain
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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
A lot of links fitted together form a chain.
许多链环连在一起组成链条。
He pieced out a chain of evidence and pointed out the fact.
他把一系列的证据连贯起来,然后指出事实。
The length of the chain molecule is proportional to the kinetic chain length.
链分子的长度与动力学链长成正比。
The dog was fastened to a post by a chain.
那条狗被链条拴在柱子上。
Fully inserted into the reactor, the control rods halt the chain reaction.
完全插入反应堆中，控制棒使链式反应暂时停止。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ cha-拼音“插”,in-入:你用链插入锁头开门
※ chain-链条,chair-椅子:用链条把他绑在椅子上
※ cha-拼音“插”,in-里面:把他插在屋里面。并用链条锁起来
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
📖 牛津释义
chain
n
1
(a) [C, U] (length of) connected metal links or rings, used for hauling or supporting weights or for fastening or restraining things 链子; 链条
keep a dog on a chain 用链子把狗拴住
pull the chain, ie to flush the toilet 拉链子（冲抽水马桶）
Remember to put the chain on the door when you lock it. 锁门时别忘挂防盗链.
a length of chain 一截链条.
(b) [C] length or loop of chain used for a specific purpose （有某种用途的）一截或一圈链条
a bicycle chain, ie for transmitting power from the pedals to the wheels 自行车链条
The mayor wore her chain of office round her neck. 市长戴带著象徵她官职的项链儿.
She wore a locket hanging on a silver chain. 她戴著银项链儿, 坠著个挂盒. =>illus at App 1 见附录1之插图, page xiii. =>illus 见插图.
2 [C usu pl 通常作复数]
(fig 比喻) thing that confines or restrains 束缚或限制的事物
the chains of poverty 贫困的桎梏.
3 [C] series of connected things 一系列的事物
a chain of mountains/a mountain chain 连绵的山[山脉]
a chain of circumstances, events, ideas 一系列的情况、 事件、 意见.
4 [C] group of shops or hotels owned by the same company 同一公司所属的商店或旅店; 联号
a chain of supermarkets/a supermarket chain 超级市场联号.
5 [C] (formerly) unit of length (66 feet) for measuring land （旧时）测链（测量土地的长度单位, 等於66英尺）. =>App 5 见附录5.
6 (idm 习语) in chains
(a) (of a prisoner) bound with chains （指囚犯）用链锁住的.
(b) not free; kept as a prisoner 不自由; 被囚禁. chain, v [Tn esp passive 尤用於被动语态, Tn.pr, Tn.p]
~ sb/sth (to sb/sth); ~ sb/sth (up) fasten or confine sb/sth with or as if with a chain 用链子或像用链子一样拴住或束缚住某人[某事物]
prisoners chained to a wall, each other 用链子锁在墙上、 互相锁住的囚犯
chain (up) a dog for the night 晚上用链子把狗拴起来
(fig 比喻) Too many women feel chained to the kitchen sink, ie feel that they spend all their time doing housework. 很多妇女觉得自己被拴了在厨房的洗涤槽上.
🎯 考研助记
表链拆(chai)哪(n)儿了？
🔁 扩展释义
*[tʃein]n. 链, 枷锁, 束缚vt. 用铁练锁住, 束缚, 囚禁【医】 链
📖 同为「高中」词汇
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What I do with my money is none of your business.
我怎么花钱跟你无关。
It's a small world.
这世界真小。
We'll be calling you again next month.
下个月我们会再打电话给你。