chain是什么意思_chain怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

chain基本信息

英英释义

chain基本信息

读法：英 [tʃeɪn] 美 [tʃen]

释义：

n. 链；束缚；枷锁

vt. 束缚；囚禁；用铁链锁住

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英英释义

Noun:

a series of things depending on each other as if linked together;"the chain of command"
"a complicated concatenation of circumstances"

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

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

(business) 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)

a series of hills or mountains;"the valley was between two ranges of hills"
"the plains lay just beyond the mountain range"

a linked or connected series of objects;"a chain of daisies"

a necklace made by a stringing objects together;"a string of beads"
"a strand of pearls"

Verb:

connect or arrange into a chain by linking

fasten or secure with chains;"Chain the chairs together"

中英词源

chain 链子wWW.WENTIyI.COM

来自拉丁词catena, 链子，词源同concatenation. 字母t脱落，比较bake, batch, wake,watch.

chain: chain: [13] Chain is a direct descendant of Latin catēna ‘chain’, source also of English concatenate [16], literally ‘link together in a chain’. This passed into Old French as chaeine, a later from of which, chaine, was adopted by English. The Latin word’s antecedents are not known.
=> concatenate
chain (n.): c. 1300, from Old French chaeine "chain" (12c., Modern French chaîne), from Latin catena "chain" (source also of Spanish cadena, Italian catena), which is of unknown origin, perhaps from PIE root *kat- "to twist, twine" (cognates: Latin cassis "hunting net, snare").

Figurative use from c. 1600. As a type of ornament worn about the neck, from late 14c. Chain of stores is American English, 1846. Chain gang is from 1834; chain reaction is from 1916 in physics, specific nuclear physics sense is from 1938; chain mail first recorded 1822, in Scott, from mail (n.2). Before that, mail alone sufficed. Chain letter recorded from 1892; usually to raise money at first; decried from the start as a nuisance.
Nine out of every ten givers are reluctant and unwilling, and are coerced into giving through the awful fear of "breaking the chain," so that the spirit of charity is woefully absent. ["St. Nicholas" magazine, vol. XXVI, April 1899]
Chain smoker is attested from 1886, originally of Bismarck (who smoked cigars), thus probably a loan-translation of German Kettenraucher. Chain-smoking is from 1930.
chain (v.): late 14c., "to bar with a chain; to put (someone) in chains," also "to link things together," from chain (n.). Related: Chained; chaining.

词态变化

复数 chains;
第三人称单数 chains;
过去式 chained;
过去分词 chained;
现在分词 chaining;

权威造句

1. The dogs continued to paw and claw frantically at the chain mesh.: 那些狗继续用爪子疯狂地抓铁丝网。

2. The islands lie at the southern end of the Kurile chain.: 这些岛屿位于千岛群岛的南端。

3. Whenever recession strikes, a chain reaction is set into motion.: 只要经济不景气，连锁反应就开始了。

4. She wore a fine chain about her alabaster neck.: 她细腻光滑、美丽白皙的脖子上戴着一条精致的链子。

5. Students tried to form a human chain around the parliament.: 学生们试图在议会四周围成人墙。

近反义词

link

series

string

相似短语

straight chain 直链

tail chain 尾链

chain mail n. 锁子甲

air chain 坯釉中呈链状气泡

chain of mountains phr. 山峦

unconstrained chain 不限定链系

retail chain 【经】零售联营

mountain chain n.山脉

daisy chain 菊花链，菊花链，菊链，菊链

main chain 主键

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