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chain

1.N-COUNT 可数名词链条;链子 A chain consists of metal rings connected together in a line.

His open shirt revealed a fat gold chain...
他的衬衫敞着，露出一条很粗的金链。
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。

2.N-PLURAL 复数名词手铐；镣铐 If prisoners are in chains, they have thick rings of metal round their wrists or ankles to prevent them from escaping.

【搭配模式】：inN

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。

3.N-PLURAL 复数名词约束;羁绊;顾虑 You can refer to feelings and duties which prevent you from doing what you want to do as chains .

【搭配模式】：oft Nofn

【STYLE标签】：LITERARY 文

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。

4.VERB 动词用链子捆住;把…拴起来 If a person or thing is chained to something, they are fastened to it with a chain.

【语法信息】：beV-edton

【语法信息】：V nton

【语法信息】：V-ed

【语法信息】：Also V n adv/prep

【语法信息】：V n P

【语法信息】：V-ed P

【语法信息】：Also V P n (not pron)

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。
She chained her bike to the railings...
她把自行车锁在栏杆上。
Some demonstrators chained themselves to railings inside the court building...
有些示威者用链子把自己锁在法院大楼里的栏杆上。
We were sitting together in our cell, chained to the wall.
我们一起坐在牢里，手被铐在墙上。
Chain up means the same as chain .chain up同 chain
- I'll lock the doors and chain you up...
  我会锁上门，把你铐起来。
- They kept me chained up every night and released me each day...
  他们每天晚上把我锁起来，白天放开。
- All the rowing boats were chained up.
  所有的划艇都用铁链拴了起来。

5.N-COUNT 可数名词一连串;一排 A chain of things is a group of them existing or arranged in a line.

【搭配模式】：Nofn

6.N-COUNT 可数名词连锁店;连锁集团 A chain of shops, hotels, or other businesses is a number of them owned by the same person or company.

【搭配模式】：with supp

7.N-SING 单数名词一连串;一系列 A chain of events is a series of them happening one after another.

【搭配模式】：Nofn

...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

8.See also:food chain;