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N-COUNT
鏈條;鏈子
A chain consists of metal rings connected together in a line.
例句
His open shirt revealed a fat gold chain...
他的襯衫敞著，露出一條很粗的金鏈。
The dogs were leaping and growling at the full stretch of their chains.
那些狗又蹦又叫，把鏈子繃得緊緊的。
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N-PLURAL
手銬；鐐銬
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.
他已經在沒有窗戶的牢房里呆了4年半，多數時間都戴著鐐銬。
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N-PLURAL
約束;羈絆;顧慮
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.
他必須現在就打破把他束縛在當前境況的習慣。
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VERB
用鏈子捆住;把…拴起來
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...
狗被拴在公園一個固定座位的腿上。
She chained her bike to the railings...
她把自行車鎖在欄桿上。
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N-COUNT
一連串;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...
名為“向風群島”的島群
Students tried to form a human chain around the parliament.
學生們試圖在議會四周圍成人墻。
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N-COUNT
連鎖店;連鎖集團
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.
大型連鎖超市
...Italy's leading chain of cinemas.
意大利最大的連鎖影院
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N-SING
一連串;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月離去的一連串離奇事件