chain
英 [tʃeɪn]
美[tʃen]
- n. 链；束缚；枷锁
- vt. 束缚；囚禁；用铁链锁住
实用场景例句
- (figurative)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。
牛津词典
- The doors were always locked and chained.
- 那些门总是上着锁链。
牛津词典
- She chained her bicycle to the gate.
- 她用链子把自行车锁在大门上。
牛津词典
- The dog was chained up for the night.
- 夜间那条狗用链子拴起来。
牛津词典
- a chain of command (= a system in an organization by which instructions are passed from one person to another)
- 指挥系统
牛津词典
- mountain/island chains
- 山脉；岛群
牛津词典
- 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。
牛津词典
- a chain of supermarkets/a supermarket chain
- 连锁超市
牛津词典
- the chains of fear/misery
- 恐惧的桎梏；苦难的枷锁
牛津词典
- a short length of chain
- 一截短链条
牛津词典
- She wore a heavy gold chain around her neck.
- 她戴着一条粗实的金项链。
牛津词典
- The mayor wore his chain of office.
- 市长佩戴着标志他职务的链徽。
牛津词典
- a bicycle chain
- 自行车链条
牛津词典
- The prisoners were kept in chains (= with chains around their arms and legs, to prevent them from escaping) .
- 囚犯戴着镣铐。
牛津词典
- to set in motion a chain of events
- 触发一连串的事件
牛津词典
- Students tried to form a human chain around the parliament.
- 学生们试图在议会四周围成人墙。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...a large supermarket chain.
- 大型连锁超市
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...Italy's leading chain of cinemas.
- 意大利最大的连锁影院
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...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
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...a chain of islands known as the Windward Islands...
- 名为“向风群岛”的岛群
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- She chained her bike to the railings...
- 她把自行车锁在栏杆上。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- His open shirt revealed a fat gold chain...
- 他的衬衫敞着，露出一条很粗的金链。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
同义词辨析
fasten, tie, bind, secure, chain
这些动词都有"扎牢，捆，绑"之意。
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。
tie： 普通用词，指用绳索等将东西扎紧捆牢。
bind： 多指把两个或两个以上的人或物牢牢地系或扎在一起。
secure： 指将某物紧紧地固定起来，使之完全无损。
chain： 专指用链条或金属环将某人或某物锁住或系住。