chain

英[tʃeɪn]美[tʃeɪn]

n.链条，手铐，约束，一连串，连锁店；

v.拴住，束缚；

复数：chains;

第三人称单数：chains;

过去式：chained;

过去分词：chained;

现在分词：chaining;

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Did you mean what you said, or were you just yanking my chain?你是说真的呢，还是逗我玩？

a chain of volcanic islands一列火山岛

She had a silver peace symbol hanging on a chain around her neck.她有一个银制的和平标志挂在项链上。

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。

He joined the ends of the chain.他把链子的两端接起来。

The rope fouled the anchor chain.绳子与锚链缠在一起。

He now owns a chain of 970 food stores.他现在拥有970家连锁食品店。

I really think we should examine the chain of causality here.我觉得我们该好好想想这里面的因果关系了。

A chain is no stronger than its weakest link.一着不慎,满盘皆输.出自：英语谚语

Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together.仁爱是联结社会的金链。出自：英语谚语

英语六级真题

cut the salary of senior executivesrelocate some of its chain storesadjust its promotion strategiesreduce the size of its staffTo experiment on its new business concept.

None of the chain's stores in the Washington metropolitan area are to be closed.

It's also pushing ahead in 2016 with an expansion of Bluemercury, the beauty chain it bought last year.

2% in November and December at stores open more than a year, a disappointing holiday season performance that capped a difficult year for a department store chain facing wideranging challenges.

In the year to August 2007, IKEA, a Swedish furniture chain, sold over one million kitchens worldwide.

In less-developed countries, such as those of sub-Saharan Africa and South-East Asia, wastage tends to occur primarily at the farmer-producer end of the supply chain.

They run chain stores in central London.

Iced coffees sold by some popular chains are contaminated.

The World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) conducted a survey of iced coffees sold by some popular chains in Britain including Starbucks, Caffe Nero and Costa Coffee to gauge the calories as studies increasingly link obesity with cancer

But after General mills bought Epic in 2016, Collins and Forrest suddenly had the resources they needed to expand their supply chain.

In addition to supplying milk from their own 85-head herd, they began to help other farmers in the area convent from conventional to certified organic and grass-fed in order to enter the Maple Hill supply chain.

Macy's reported its sales plunged 5.2% in November and December at stores open more than a year, a disappointing holiday season performance that capped a difficult year for a department store chain facing wide—ranging challenges.

Once one person looks at their phone, other people feel compelled to do the same, starting a chain reaction.

Penguins, like other seabirds and marine mammals, occupy higher levels in the food chain and they are what we call bio-indicators of their ecosystems.

The partnership benefits both sides by allowing unconventional partners for example, two companies from two different industries to work together on a specific aspect of the value chain, like, in this example, an engine firm with an accessory one.

When they started researching the supply chain, they learned that only 2-3% of all Bison is actually grass-fed.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

N-COUNT

链条;链子

A chain consists of metal rings connected together in a line.

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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.

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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 .

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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英汉词典释义

n.

链, 锁链, 链子, 链条

一系列的事物

连锁店或旅馆

束缚

连环式（指一群房主先售后购的置屋方式）

[复数]镣铐；枷锁；桎梏

囚禁；奴役

连串，一系列；连锁；山系，山脉

vt.

用铁链锁住

束缚

监禁，囚禁；约束

adj.

链条的；链条状的

连续进行的；接连发生的

累积的

英英词典释义

Noun

1. a series of things depending on each other as if linked together;

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;

8. metal shackles; for hands or legs

9. a necklace made by a stringing objects together;

Verb

1. connect or arrange into a chain by linking

2. fasten or secure with chains;

行业词典

医学： 链：一群物体呈线状相连，或端端相连，例如，化合物中原子或基团集合；单个细菌细胞的集合等；

数学： 链；

物理学： 链图；［graph］；

航海科技： 台链；

船舶： 台链；为了确定位置或提供导航信息工作在同一频率或同一基频的几个发射台构成的台组。；