chain n. 1.链子,链条;项圈;表链。 2.连锁;连续,一系列,一连串;(山)脉。 3.〔常 pl. 〕镣铐;羁绊,拘束。 4.【化学】链;【测】测链〔100节全长20米或66英尺〕;【航海】锚链;【纺织;印染】经线,【电学】电路,回路,通路;信道,波道。 5.(同属一家业主的)联号。 an endless chain环链。 the home radar chain飞机归航地面雷达链。 the camera chain摄像系统。 a chain of events 一连串事件。 a chain of mountains 山系,山脉。 She owned a restaurant chain. 她是几个饭馆的老板。 chain of command 指挥系统。 A [The] chain is not stronger than its weakest link. 〔谚语〕一环薄弱,全局不稳。 be in chains 被链条拴着;被拴在牢房内。 chain and ball 1. 〔美国〕带铁球的脚镣。 2. 束缚,拘束。 3. 〔比喻〕未婚妻,妻子。 in the chains 【航海】站在舷侧测海水深度的链台上。 vt. 1.用链子拴住;束缚;连结。 2.【测】用测链测量。 chain up a dog 把狗拴起来。 be chain-ed to the desk 拴在书桌上,被工作拴住(不能脱身)。 adj. -less 无链的;无束缚的。 n. -let 细链。
The slump on wall street set up a chain reaction in stock markets around the world . 华尔街金融滑坡引起世界股票市场的连锁反应。
Here is a chain of events, different events, taking place at different places and different times . 这是一连串的不同事件,发生在不同的地点和时间。
The larger setting for our work was the cascade range, a chain of volcanoes that lie in a remarkably straight line . 我们工作的较大部分是喀斯喀特山脉,这是一个几乎直线分布的火山链。
Smith's suicide was the first event in a chain that culminated in exposure of several enormous scandals . 史密斯的自杀,是一连串事件的第一件。这一连串事件的高潮,是揭发出好几起重大丑闻。
She always looked tired and always squinting a little, because she was a chain smoker and the smoke got into her eyes . 她老是显得疲倦不堪,老是眯起眼睛,因为她一支接着一支抽烟,烟都进了她的眼睛。
It was perfectly unadorned, but the garden possessed magnificent shady trees, and a chain of tanks fed by running spring water . 花园里完全不施点缀,只有伟丽成荫的树木和一脉相连的池沼,由外边奔流的山泉,接济着水源。
A chain of children s hands imprisons him 下等窑姐儿,或只身或结伴,裹着披肩,
A chain is no stronger than its weakest link 链条的坚固程度取决于它最薄弱的环节
The first exception thrown in a chain of exceptions 异常链中第一个被引发的异常。
Then someone cut the tree down with a chain saw 然后有人用一个锯条锯断了这棵树。