chain

英 [tʃeɪn] 美 [tʃeɪn]

• n. 束缚；链条；链；(一)连串；连锁店（常用复数）
• vt. 束缚；用铁链锁住

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

chain的英文翻译是什么意思，词典释义与在线翻译：

详尽释义

n. (名词)

1. 束缚，拘禁，拘束，羁绊
2. 链，链条，链子
3. 项圈
4. 镣铐
5. 联号
6. 一系列，一连串，连锁，连续
7. 【纺】经纱
8. 【电】电路
9. 表链
10. 山脉
11. 【化】链
12. 【海】锚链
13. 【测】测链
14. <美>（公司下属的）联号商店，连锁商店

v. (动词)

1. 用锁链拴住，用链子拴住，用铁链锁住，用链（条）系住
2. 束缚
3. 连结
4. 【测】用测链测量
5. 固定
6. 囚禁，拘禁，监禁
7. 给…带上镣铐

双解释义

n. (名词)

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

v. (动词)

1. vt. 用铁链锁住 make fast with a chain or chains
2. vt. 束缚 bind down

英英释义

Noun:

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. (business) 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. British biochemist (born in Germany) who isolated and purified penicillin, which had been discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming (1906-1979)

8. a series of hills or mountains;

   "the valley was between two ranges of hills"
   "the plains lay just beyond the mountain range"
   

9. a linked or connected series of objects;

   "a chain of daisies"
   

10. a necklace made by a stringing objects together;

    "a string of beads"
    "a strand of pearls"
    

Verb:

1. connect or arrange into a chain by linking

2. fasten or secure with chains;

   "Chain the chairs together"
   

chain的用法和样例：

例句

用作名词 (n.)

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。

用作及物动词 (vt.)

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

常用短语

用作名词 (n.)

a chain reaction

连锁反应 series of events each of which causes the next

用作动词 (v.)

chain down (v.+adv.)

拴住,束缚 make fast with a chain or chains
chain sb/sth ⇔ down

I didn't want to chain you down, feel free to use your own ideas.

我不想束缚你的手脚,你可以充分利用自己的智谋。

Don't worry about the heavy load; it's chained down.

别担心装载量大,已经用链子拴住了。

I feel chained down with a wife, a house and children.

我觉得受妻子家室之累。

chain to (v.+prep.)

〈非正〉拴住,束缚 confine with a chain
chain sb/sth to sb/sth

She chained the wolf securely to the post.

她用铁链把那只狼牢牢地锁在那根柱子上。

He chained his bicycle to the post.

他把自行车用铁链锁在那根柱子上。

In former times, prisoners were chained to one another.

在古代,囚犯们被相互拴着。

My mother always complained of being chained to the house.

妈妈总是抱怨自己被束缚在这栋房子里。

Mother is chained to housework.

母亲被家务活束缚住了。

Too many women feel chained to the kitchen sink.

许多妇女觉得自己被拴在了厨房的洗涤槽上。

With a sick husband, she was chained to the house all day.

由于丈夫生病,她整天被拴在家里。

Through all that lovely summer,I remained chained to my desk.

在那风光盈人的夏天,我一直被牵制在书桌旁。

chain up (v.+adv.)

拴住 confine with a chain
chain sb/sth ⇔ up

His father chained him up.

他父亲把他锁起来。

Of course the dog makes such a noise; the poor creature is chained up all day.

难怪这狗汪汪叫个不停,这可怜的小家伙已被拴了一天了。

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• 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

形容词+～

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

名词+～

• 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

～+名词

• chain reaction 连锁反应
• chain store 连锁店

介词+～

• 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

～+介词

• 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

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• 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

～+副词

• 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

～+介词

• chain sb to a decision 使某人受一决定的限制

经典引文

• To bottomless perdition, there to dwell In Adamantine Chains and penal Fire.

  出自： Milton

• Is life so dear..as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery?

  出自： P. Henry

chain的相关资料：

近反义词

【近义词】

n.
• link
• series
• string

【反义词】

• unchain 解除