音标:[tʃein] ; 柯林斯词典等级:3 级; 牛津三千核心词汇;
n. 链, 枷锁, 束缚
vt. 用铁练锁住, 束缚, 囚禁
n. a series of things depending on each other as if linked together
n. (chemistry) a series of linked atoms (generally in an organic molecule)
n. a series of (usually metal) rings or links fitted into one another to make a flexible ligament
n. (business) a number of similar establishments (stores or restaurants or banks or hotels or theaters) under one ownership
词型变化:名词复数形式 : chains ; 过去分词 : chained ; 过去式 : chained ; 现在分词 : chaining ; 第三人称单数 : chains
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词性分布:
名词94%
动词6%

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。

常见句型

用作名词(n.)
  1. She had a silver peace symbol hanging from a chain around her neck.她有一个银制的和平标志挂在项链上。
  2. She wore a gold chain round her neck.她脖子上挂着一根金项链。
  3. The criminals were paraded in chains through the crowded streets.罪犯带着镣铐被押着列队游街示众。
  4. Penologists condemn the practice of using chain gangs.罪犯教育学家谴责那种把囚犯用铁链拴在一起做苦役的做法。
  5. Man is born free yet, everywhere he is in chains.人生来是自由的,然而他却无处不受束缚。
  6. There are so many chain stores around that the shops in one town are often exactly the same as the shops in another.到处都是连锁店,所以各个城镇的商店常常完全一样。
  7. With whispers and chain letters they spread the word.他们又是窃窃私语,又是写连锁信,把消息传出去。
  8. If you are a chain smoker you may get lung cancer.如果你一支接一支地抽烟,有可能得肺癌的。
  9. One link broken, the whole chain is broken.一环脱,全链断。
  10. Each link that makes up a chain is equally important.链子上面的每一环都同等重要,缺一不可。
  11. The chain is no stronger than its weakest link.一环薄弱全局垮。
用作动词(v.)
用作及物动词S+~+ n./pron.
  1. She chained the door.她把门用铁链锁好。
  2. They chained the prisoners.他们把囚犯用铁链锁住。
  3. He chained the dog for the night.晚上他用铁链把狗拴起来。
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  5. That one was soon chained, and the two men left.那人被锁住后,这两个人就走了。

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 chainschain 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 chainchain 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 chainchain 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
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a gemini
Addtl
aligning microscope
appoximate continuity
Arderone
auxiliary firing
body search
bonibells
bubble dancer
bus duct work
bustiers
cancelled ballot ticket
chip shell
coalign
cotton gatherer
crest angle
cronje
cubango
cut-off interval
cycloses
depilators
dip coating process
distance correcting mechanism of range-finder
DMZ hosts
dryhanded
dryness-moistening and phlegm-resolving prescription
Fergusonite-trihydrate
filament emission
fine and microstructure of ocean
galactaric acid
good-times
granados
half-duplex
hyaline cell
hydroxyphenylarsonic acid
inferior carotid ganglia
integrated sounding system (iss)
interface description language
invisible runners
kakortokite
keep your eye on the ball
Koch's node
larch bark extract
line-sequential color-television
liquid breakdown
liquidation statement
long summer
machine-readable texts
maintenance team
matako
mazurek
mesoporous molecular sieve catalyst
monascus
multirelation
Nea Dimmata
night-creams
Nocardiophage
nomo-
nonerupted deciduous teeth
nonreconstructive inversion
nuplex
Ojo de Laguna
Ollantaitambo
operating losses
palilalias
parturiates
party-man
pashminas
payment of royalty
pendulous axis
phylosopher
pickled
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purified helium product cooler
repaneled
ruddys
Runamycin
serve the turn
shatterindex
side draw tray
skew pupils
sputtering deposition
stereoscopic rangefinder
sulfatidate
Szabo
tampulbolon
tautomerizm
telc
tilting prevention device
Timpas
to keep your eyes peeled
unchampioned
Uniloy
universal-joint journal
vaccary
Vsign
water-sop
Whitworth standard screw thread
young Turks