chain
英 [tʃeɪn] 美 [tʃen]

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；

变形

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

双语释义

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

chain

• n.
  • a series of things depending on each other as if linked together

    "the chain of command"

    同义词：concatenation

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

    同义词：chemical chain

  • a series of (usually metal) rings or links fitted into one another to make a flexible ligament
  • a number of similar establishments (stores or restaurants or banks or hotels or theaters) under one ownership
  • anything that acts as a restraint
  • a unit of length
  • British biochemist (born in Germany) who isolated and purified penicillin, which had been discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming (1906-1979)

    同义词：Ernst Boris ChainSir Ernst Boris Chain

  • a series of hills or mountains

    同义词：rangemountain rangerange of mountainsmountain chainchain of mountains

  • a necklace made by a stringing objects together

    同义词：stringstrand

• v.
  • connect or arrange into a chain by linking
  • fasten or secure with chains

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

词组短语

supply chain供应链；供给链；供需链

supply chain management供应连锁管理

value chain价值链

industrial chain产业链；工业链锁

chain reaction连锁反应；链式反应

food chain食物链

markov chain n. [统]马尔可夫链

chain store连锁商店

polymerase chain reaction聚合酶链反应

in chains在囚禁中；上着镣铐

side chain侧链；侧锁

long chain长链

key chain钥匙扣；钥匙链

chain link链连

chain length[化]链长

production chain生产链；流水线

cold chain（新鲜食品的）低温运输系统

retail chain连锁店；零售联营

chain wheel链轮；滑轮

chain transfer链转移；链传递

更多收起词组短语

同近义词辨析

chain, tie, secure, bind, fasten

这组词都有“扎牢、捆、绑”的意思，其区别是：

chain专指用链条或金属环将某人或某物锁住或系住。

tie普通用词，指用绳索等将东西扎紧捆牢。

secure指将某物紧紧地固定起来，使之完全无损。

bind多指把两个或两个以上的人或物牢牢地系或扎在一起。

fasten指把某物牢牢地拴在、钉在或锁在另一物上，使不能任意移动。

双语例句

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。

权威例句

The Chain and to Brand Performance : The Role of Brand Loyalty
DNA sequencing with chain-terminating inhibitors
The Chain of Effects from Brand Trust and Brand Affect to Brand Performance: The Role of Brand Loyalty
Snowball Sampling: Problems and Techniques of Chain Referral Sampling
Molecular chaperones in the cytosol: from nascent chain to folded protein
The impact of technology on the quality-value-loyalty chain: A research agenda
Purification of Mouse Immunoglobulin Heavy-Chain Messenger RNAs from Total Myeloma Tumor RNA
International trade and industrial upgrading in the apparel commodity chain
Immunologic self-tolerance maintained by activated T cells expressing IL2 receptor alpha chain
Vapor-Phase Spectra and the Pressure-Temperature Dependence of Long-Chain Carboxylic Acids Studied by a CO Laser and the Photoacoust...