chain
英 [tʃeɪn]
美[tʃen]
- n. 链；束缚；枷锁
- vt. 束缚；囚禁；用铁链锁住
英英释意
- 1. a series of things depending on each other as if linked together;
- "the chain of command"
- "a complicated concatenation of circumstances"
- 2. (chemistry) a series of linked atoms (generally in an organic molecule)
- 3. a series of (usually metal) rings or links fitted into one another to make a flexible ligament
- 4. a number of similar establishments (stores or restaurants or banks or hotels or theaters) under one ownership
- 5. anything that acts as a restraint
- 6. a unit of length
- 7. a series of hills or mountains;
- "the valley was between two ranges of hills"
- "the plains lay just beyond the mountain range"
- 8. metal shackles; for hands or legs
- 9. a necklace made by a stringing objects together;
- "a string of beads"
- "a strand of pearls";