chain

noun

金属链 metal rings

1. 链子；链条；锁链
   a series of connected metal rings, used for pulling or fastening things; a length of chain used for a particular purpose
   1. a short length of chain
      一截短链条
   2. She wore a heavy gold chain around her neck.
      她戴着一条粗实的金项链。
   3. The mayor wore his chain of office.
      市长佩戴着标志他职务的链徽。
   4. a bicycle chain
      自行车链条
   5. The prisoners were kept in chains (= with chains around their arms and legs, to prevent them from escaping) .
      囚犯戴着镣铐。

相关连的事 connected things

2. 一系列，一连串（人或事）
   a series of connected things or people
   1. to set in motion a chain of events
      触发一连串的事件
   2. a chain of command (= a system in an organization by which instructions are passed from one person to another)
      指挥系统
   3. mountain/island chains
      山脉；岛群
   4. Volunteers formed a human chain to rescue precious items from the burning house.
      志愿者排成一条长龙，从着火的房子里手传手把贵重物品抢救出来。

商店；旅馆 of shops/hotels

3. 连锁商店
   a group of shops/stores or hotels owned by the same company
   1. a chain of supermarkets/a supermarket chain
      连锁超市

限制 restriction

4. 约束；束缚
   a thing that restricts sb's freedom or ability to do sth
   1. the chains of fear/misery
      恐惧的桎梏；苦难的枷锁

购房 in house buying

5. 连环式（指一群房主先售后购的购房方式）
   a situation in which a number of people selling and buying houses must each complete the sale of their house before buying from the next person

verb

1. 用锁链拴住（或束缚、固定）
   to fasten sth with a chain; to fasten sb/sth to another person or thing with a chain, so that they do not escape or get stolen
   1. The doors were always locked and chained.
      那些门总是上着锁链。
   2. She chained her bicycle to the gate.
      她用链子把自行车锁在大门上。
   3. The dog was chained up for the night.
      夜间那条狗用链子拴起来。
   4. I've been chained to my desk all week (= because there was so much work) .
      我整个星期都在伏案工作，脱不开身。

1. N-COUNT 链条;链子
   A chain consists of metal rings connected together in a line.
   1. His open shirt revealed a fat gold chain...
      他的衬衫敞着，露出一条很粗的金链。
   2. 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 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.
   1. 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 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 .
   1. 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 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.
   1. 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。
   2. She chained her bike to the railings...
      她把自行车锁在栏杆上。
   3. 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。
   4. 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。
   5. Chain up means the same as chain .
      chain up同 chain
   6. I'll lock the doors and chain you up...
      我会锁上门，把你铐起来。
   7. 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。
   8. All the rowing boats were chained up.
      所有的划艇都用铁链拴了起来。
5. N-COUNT 一连串;一排
   A chain of things is a group of them existing or arranged in a line.
   1. ...a chain of islands known as the Windward Islands...
      名为“向风群岛”的岛群
   2. Students tried to form a human chain around the parliament.
      学生们试图在议会四周围成人墙。
6. N-COUNT 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.
   1. ...a large supermarket chain.
      大型连锁超市
   2. ...Italy's leading chain of cinemas.
      意大利最大的连锁影院
7. N-SING 一连串;一系列
   A chain of events is a series of them happening one after another.
   1. ...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

1. She wore a fine chain about her alabaster neck.
   她细腻光滑、美丽白皙的脖子上戴着一条精致的链子。
2. The Aleutian chain is a long arc of islands in the North Pacific.
   阿留申群岛是北太平洋上一长串呈弧形排列的小岛。
3. The lead biker broke his bike chain.
   那位领先的自行车手车链子断了。
4. His open shirt revealed a fat gold chain
   他的衬衫敞着，露出一条很粗的金链。
5. 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。
6. 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。
7. 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。
8. She chained her bike to the railings
   她把自行车锁在栏杆上。
9. 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。
10. Students tried to form a human chain around the parliament.
    学生们试图在议会四周围成人墙。
11. Whenever recession strikes, a chain reaction is set into motion
    只要经济不景气，连锁反应就开始了。
12. The powder immediately ignited and set off a chain reaction of explosions.
    火药立即点燃，引发一连串爆炸。
13. The whole food chain is affected by the overuse of chemicals in agriculture.
    整个食物链因农业生产过程过多使用化学品而受到影响。
14. Round her neck was a cross on a silver chain
    她脖子上戴着一条银项链，上面挂着个十字架。
15. Page upon page is devoted to the chain of events leading to the Prime Minister's resignation.
    一页又一页的篇幅都用来描述导致首相辞职的一连串事件。
16. She sees the bar as a starting point and eventually plans to run her own chain of country inns.
    她把那间酒吧当作一个起点，最终计划是经营自己的乡村旅馆连锁店。
17. The house price chain is gummed up.
    房屋买卖价格链已经失控。
18. After twenty years as a chain smoker Mr Nathe has given up the habit.
    当了20年的烟鬼后，纳特先生戒了烟。
19. The opened link is used to join the two ends of the chain.
    开口的链环是用来将链子的两头连接起来的。
20. The islands lie at the southern end of the Kurile chain.
    这些岛屿位于千岛群岛的南端。
21. He wore the watch and chain looped round his neck like a medallion.
    他将链表绕挂在脖子上，就像戴了一枚大奖章。
22. The dogs continued to paw and claw frantically at the chain mesh.
    那些狗继续用爪子疯狂地抓铁丝网。
23. Demand-chain management captures information on consumer behaviour at the point of sale and feeds it up the supply chain.
    需求环节的管理层会捕捉销售点顾客购物行为的信息，然后把信息再反馈给供应环节。
24. The effect was to disrupt the food chain, starving many animals and those that preyed on them
    其结果就是破坏食物链，使很多动物和那些以捕食它们为生的动物饿死。
25. Clasp the chain like so.
    像这样扣上链子。
26. When she had an affair with her friend's husband, she wittingly set off a chain of crises.
    她和朋友的丈夫私通，故意引发了一连串危机。
27. We had to move water by a chain pump because the electric pump had broken down.
    抽水机坏了，只好用人工车水。
28. These jewels are strung together on a silver chain.
    这些宝石穿在一根银链上。
29. The dog is fastened to the post by an iron chain.
    那条狗用铁索拴在柱子上了。
30. This poses a threat to agriculture and the food chain, and consequently to human health.
    这会对农业和食物链造成威胁，由此而危及人的健康。

  chain bond handcuff shackle【导航词义：镣铐】

  chain n. 镣铐，锁链

〔辨析〕用于锁住囚犯等的四肢，通常用复数。

  bond n. 〈正式〉镣铐，绳索，枷锁

〔辨析〕用于捆绑犯人，通常用复数，引申可指“束缚，桎梏”。

  handcuff n. 手铐

〔辨析〕用于铐住某人，通常用复数。

  shackle n. 镣铐，脚镣，手铐

〔辨析〕用于重罪囚犯的刑具，通常用复数，引申可指“束缚，桎梏，枷锁”，但有时含贬义。

  sequence chain series succession【导航词义：连续，顺序】

  sequence n. 顺序，连续

〔辨析〕指事物衔接的次序，可以是发生的先后顺序，也可以是逻辑顺序。

  chain n. 一连串，一系列

〔辨析〕指像链条一样连接在一起的一连串事物，有时彼此间含因果关系。

  series n. 一连串，系列

〔辨析〕强调是同类事物，可以前后互有关联，也可以各成独立的单位。

  succession n. 连续；一连串

〔辨析〕强调同类事物或事件的相继出现或发生，侧重于一个接一个的次序，其中并非含有一定的逻辑性。

n.

a ball and chain

• 羁绊；障碍
  a problem that prevents you from doing what you would like to do

a link in the chain

• 链条中的一个环节；整个过程中的一个阶段
  one of the stages in a process or a line of argument

the weak link (in the chain)

• 薄弱环节
  the point at which a system or an organization is most likely to fail

noun

1. a series of (usually metal) rings or links fitted into one another to make a flexible ligament

2. a necklace made by a stringing objects together
   1. a string of beads
   2. a strand of pearls

   Synonym:    stringstrand

3. anything that acts as a restraint

4. a linked or connected series of objects
   1. a chain of daisies

5. (business) a number of similar establishments (stores or restaurants or banks or hotels or theaters) under one ownership

6. a series of things depending on each other as if linked together
   1. the chain of command
   2. a complicated concatenation of circumstances

   Synonym:    concatenation

7. (chemistry) a series of linked atoms (generally in an organic molecule)

   Synonym:    chemical chain

8. a series of hills or mountains
   1. the valley was between two ranges of hills
   2. the plains lay just beyond the mountain range

   Synonym:    rangemountain rangerange of mountainsmountain chainchain of mountains

9. a unit of length

verb

1. fasten or secure with chains
   1. Chain the chairs together

2. connect or arrange into a chain by linking