chains

美 [tʃeɪnz]英 [tʃeɪnz]
  • n.链条;链子;锁链;一系列,一连串(人或事);连锁商店
  • v.用锁链拴住(或束缚、固定)
  • chain的第三人称单数和复数
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  • 1
    N-COUNT 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。

  • 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.

    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 .

    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.

    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。

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

    ...a chain of islands known as the Windward Islands...

    名为“向风群岛”的岛群

  • 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.

    ...a large supermarket chain.

    大型连锁超市

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

    ...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

noun

1
metal shackles;for hands or legs
Synonym: irons

数据来源:WordNet

  1. The chains were at different heights on the wall .

    挂在墙上的链子高低不齐。

  2. He liked to shock with his gold chains and loud clothes

    他喜欢戴金链子,穿花里胡哨的衣服来招人反感。

  3. It set off a chain reaction in the international money markets .

    这一事件在国际金融市场上引起了连锁反应。

  4. Firefighters formed a human chain to carry the children to safety .

    消防队员组成人链把孩子们救到了安全的地方。

  5. Small businesses are losing out to the large chains .

    小商店被大型的连锁店抢了生意。

  6. She wore a heavy gold chain around her neck .

    她戴着一条粗实的金项链。

  7. Insects are fairly low down the food chain .

    在食物链中,昆虫是相当低的一级生物。

  8. She wore a small gold cross on a chain around her neck .

    她脖子上戴了一条项链,上面挂着个金的小十字架。

  9. The chain is formed from 136 links .

    这根链条由136个环组成。

  10. The chain is formed from 136 links .

    这根链条由136个链节组成。

  11. 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。

  12. 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。

  13. She had strung the shells on a silver chain .

    她把贝壳串在一条银链子上。

  14. The chain of volcanoes is known , appropriately enough , as the ' Ring of Fire ' .

    人们把这链状火山群很恰当地称作“火环”。

  15. A chain of volcanoes girdles the Pacific .

    环绕太平洋的是一连串的火山。

  16. Students tried to form a human chain around the parliament .

    学生们试图在议会四周围成人墙。

  17. 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。

  18. 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。

  19. 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。

  20. His open shirt revealed a fat gold chain

    他的衬衫敞着,露出一条很粗的金链。

  21. 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。

  22. 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。

  23. 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。

  24. The house price chain is gummed up .

    房屋买卖价格链已经失控。

  25. 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。

  26. Clasp the chain like so .

    像这样扣上链子。

  27. The islands lie at the southern end of the Kurile chain .

    这些岛屿位于千岛群岛的南端。

  28. 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。

  29. 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。

  30. Mad guard dogs slavered at the end of their chains .

    拴在链子上的看门狗狂躁地流着口水。