chain-主題

chain

[tʃein]

n.束縛, 鏈條, 鏈, (一)連串 
vt.束縛, 用鐵鏈鎖住

例句與用法：

The Government fear the strike may produce a chain reaction in other industries.

政府害怕罷工可能在其他行業產生連鎖反應。

He detached a link from a chain.

他從鏈子上拆下一個鏈環。

The slump on Wall Street set up a chain reaction in stock markets around the world.

華爾街金融滑坡引起世界股票市場的連鎖反應。

She wore a small silver crucifix on a chain round her neck.

她脖子上戴著項鏈，上面掛著銀的十字架。

She wore a silver chain around her neck.

她脖子上戴著一條銀項鏈。

He chained his bicycle to the post.

他把自行車拴到柱子上。

He is chained to his work.

他工作忙得不能分身。

I bought this loaf of bread in the chain store opposite the street.

我在街道對面的連鎖商店裡買了這只麵包。

詞形變化：

動詞過去式: chained | 動詞過去分詞: chained | 動詞現在分詞: chaining | 動詞第三人稱單數: chains |

英文解釋:

名詞 chain:

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

同義詞：concatenation

(chemistry) a series of linked atoms (generally in an organic molecule)

同義詞：chemical chain

a series of (usually metal) rings or links fitted into one another to make a flexible ligament

a number of similar establishments (stores or restaurants or banks or hotels or theaters) under one ownership

anything that acts as a restraint

a unit of length

British biochemist (born in Germany) who isolated and purified penicillin, which had been discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming (1906-1979)

同義詞：Ernst Boris Chain, Sir Ernst Boris Chain

a series of hills or mountains

同義詞：range, mountain range, range of mountains, mountain chain, chain of mountains

a necklace made by a stringing objects together;

同義詞：string, strand

動詞 chain:

connect or arrange into a chain by linking

fasten or secure with chains

同義詞

bind | restrain | string | cable | hawser | restraint | group | franchise | sequence | succession | procession | lock up | immobilize | chain up | series | shackle | fasten | necklace | network | leash | thread | connection | fetter | unite | ridge | queue | rope | pinion | range | mountain chain | strand | range of mountains | concatenation | mountain range |

反義詞

unchain |

以上來源於大辭典