1. 链条;链子
    A chain consists of metal rings connected together in a line.

chain

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

    e.g. 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. 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 .

    e.g. 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. 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.

    e.g. 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。
    e.g. She chained her bike to the railings...
           她把自行车锁在栏杆上。

5. 一连串;一排
    A chain of things is a group of them existing or arranged in a line.

chain的解释

    e.g. ...a chain of islands known as the Windward Islands...
           名为“向风群岛”的岛群
    e.g. 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. 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.

    e.g. ...a large supermarket chain.
           大型连锁超市
    e.g. ...Italy's leading chain of cinemas.
           意大利最大的连锁影院

7. 一连串;一系列
    A chain of events is a series of them happening one after another.

    e.g. ...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

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