chain
chain
noun
pull (或 yank) someone's chain
noun
- a connected flexible series of metal links used for fastening or securing objects and pulling or supporting loads
链子，链条
■(chains)such a series of links, or a set of them, used to confine a prisoner
枷锁，镣铐
the drug dealer is being kept in chains.
这个毒品贩被套上了镣铐。
■such a series of links worn as a decoration or badge of office
（作装饰或公职标志的）项链
■(figurative)a force or factor which binds or restricts someone
(喻)约束，束缚
workers secured by the chains of the labour market.
被劳动力市场束缚的工人。 - a sequence of items of the same type forming a line
一连串，一系列（同类物）
he kept the chain of buckets supplied with water.
他保留了一串水桶。
■a sequence or series of connected elements
一连串，一系列（相关元素）；连锁
the action would initiate a chain of events.
这一行动将引发一连串事件。
■a group of hotels or shops owned by the same company
（某公司下属的）连锁旅馆或商店，联号
the agency is part of a nationwide chain.
这家代理行是全国连锁中的一个部分。
■a part of a molecule consisting of a number of atoms (typically carbon) bonded together in a linear sequence
分子链
■a figure in a quadrille or similar dance, in which dancers meet and pass each other in a continuous sequence
转链动作（方阵舞或类似舞蹈中的一组动作，舞者周而复始地相遇后互相擦肩而过）
■a connected series of mountains
山链
a mountain chain.
一条山链。 - a jointed measuring line consisting of linked metal rods
（由相连的金属棒组成的）测链
■the length of such a measuring line (66 ft)
测链的长度（66英尺） - (chains)a structure of planks projecting horizontally from a sailing ship's sides abreast of the masts, used to widen the basis for the shrouds
舷侧支索扣板（向帆船两舷水平方向突出，与桅杆并列的木板支承结构，用于加宽桅杆支索的基底）
- [with obj.]fasten or secure with a chain
用链条拴住
she chained her bicycle to the railings.
她用链条把自行车拴在栏杆上。
■confine with a chain
用链条禁锢，拘禁，锁住
he had been chained up.
他已上了枷锁。
as an actuary you will not be chained to a desk.
作为保险业务精算师，你不会被拴在办公桌边的。
pull (或 yank) someone's chain
- (US informal)tease someone, typically by leading them to believe something untrue
(美，非正式)戏弄，揶揄某人（尤指使其相信不实之事）
- Middle English: from Old French chaine, chaeine, from Latin catena 'a chain'
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