chains
n. 鏈( chain的名詞複數 ); 連串; 連鎖店或旅館; 一系列的事物
A chain consists of metal rings connected together in a line.
His open shirt revealed a fat gold chain...
他的襯衫敞著,露出一條很粗的金鍊。
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。
If prisoners are in chains, they have thick rings of metal round their wrists or ankles to prevent them from escaping.
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裡呆了4年半,多數時間都戴著鐐銬。
You can refer to feelings and duties which prevent you from doing what you want to do as chains .
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。
If a person or thing is chained to something, they are fastened to it with a chain.
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...
她把腳踏車鎖在欄杆上。
A chain of things is a group of them existing or arranged in a line.
...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牆。
A chain of shops, hotels, or other businesses is a number of them owned by the same person or company.
...a large supermarket chain.
大型連鎖超市
...Italy's leading chain of cinemas.
義大利最大的連鎖影院
A chain of events is a series of them happening one after another.
...the bizarre chain of events that led to his departure in January 1938.
促使他於1938年1月離去的一連串離奇事件
1. metal shackles; for hands or legs
He liked to shock with his gold chains and loud clothes.
他喜歡戴金鍊子,穿花裡胡哨的衣服來招人反感。
The chains were at different heights on the wall.
掛在牆上的鏈子高低不齊。
Supermarket chains have shaved prices.
超市連鎖店已經稍稍降價。
Deep - sea valleys are the counterparts of the mountain chains.
深海里的峽谷相當於陸地上的山脈.
Mayors wear chains round their necks as badges of office.
市長們戴著象徵職位的項鍊.