chain /tʃeɪn/ CET4 TEM4 ( chaining, chained, chains )

• 1. 

  N-COUNT A chain consists of metal rings connected together in a line. 链子

  例：

  His open shirt revealed a fat gold chain.

  他敞开的衬衣里露出一条粗大的金链子。

• 2. 

  N-COUNT A chain of things is a group of them existing or arranged in a line. 一连串

  例：

  ...a chain of islands known as the Windward Islands.

  …被称为“向风群岛”的列岛。

• 3. 

  N-COUNT A chain of stores, hotels, or other businesses is a number of them owned by the same person or company. 连锁

  例：

  ...a large supermarket chain.

  …一家大型连锁超市。

• 4. 

  N-PLURAL If prisoners are in chains, they have thick rings of metal around their wrists or ankles to prevent them from escaping. 镣铐

  例：

  He'd spent four and a half years in windowless cells, much of the time in chains.

  他在无窗的牢房里呆了4年半，大部分时间是手铐脚镣。

• 5. 

  V-T If a person or thing is chained to something, they are fastened to it with a chain. 用链条拴住

  例：

  The dogs were chained to a fence.

  狗被拴在栅栏上。

  例：

  We were sitting together in our cell, chained to the wall.

  我们一起坐在牢房里，铐在墙上。

• 6. 

  PHRASAL VERB Chain up means the same as . 用链条拴住

  例：

  They kept me chained up every night and released me each day.

  他们每天晚上把我铐起来，白天再把我解开。

• 7. 

  N-SING A chain of events is a series of them happening one after another. 一连串

  例：

  ...the bizarre chain of events that led to his departure in January 1938.

  …导致他1938年1月离去的一连串怪异事件。

• 8. 

  N-SING (of reasoning) a sequence of arguments each of which takes the conclusion of the preceding as a premise (推理中的)连锁诡辩 → see (as an example) sorites