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N-COUNT
链条;链子
A chain consists of metal rings connected together in a line.
例句
His open shirt revealed a fat gold chain...
他的衬衫敞着，露出一条很粗的金链。
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。
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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.
例句
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。
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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 .
例句
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。
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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.
例句
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。
She chained her bike to the railings...
她把自行车锁在栏杆上。
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N-COUNT
一连串;一排
A chain of things is a group of them existing or arranged in a line.
例句
...a chain of islands known as the Windward Islands...
名为“向风群岛”的岛群
Students tried to form a human chain around the parliament.
学生们试图在议会四周围成人墙。
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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.
例句
...a large supermarket chain.
大型连锁超市
...Italy's leading chain of cinemas.
意大利最大的连锁影院
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N-SING
一连串;一系列
A chain of events is a series of them happening one after another.
例句
...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