chain

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A series of interconnected rings or links usually made of metal.
    — He wore a gold chain around the neck.
  2. A series of interconnected things.
    — a chain of mountains
  3. A series of stores or businesses with the same brand name.
    — That chain of restaurants is expanding into our town.
  4. A number of atoms in a series, which combine to form a molecule. physical
    — side chain
  5. A series of interconnected links of known length, used as a measuring device.
  6. A long measuring tape.
  7. A unit of length, exactly equal to 22 yards, which is 4 rods or 100 links, and approximately equal to 20.12 metres; the length of a Gunter's surveying chain; the length of a cricket pitch.
    — "But it's too far—must be a quarter of a mile—and I've a portmanteau to carry." […] "Garn!" shouted the guard. "Taint ten chain. […]"
  8. A totally ordered set, especially a totally ordered subset of a poset.
    — We first find an approximation of the chain partition, i.e. a small but not minimum size set of chains which cover all elements of the poset.
  9. A formal sum of cells in a CW complex of a certain dimension k (in which case the formal sums are called k'''-chains); a formal sum of simplices or cubes of a certain dimension in a simplical complex or cubical complex (respectively).
  10. An element of a group (or module) in a chain complex. broadly
  11. A sequence of linked house purchases, each of which is dependent on the preceding and succeeding purchase (said to be "broken" if a buyer or seller pulls out). UK
  12. That which confines, fetters, or secures; a bond.
    — the chains of habit
  13. Iron links bolted to the side of a vessel to bold the dead-eyes connected with the shrouds; also, the channels. in-plural
  14. A livery collar, a chain of office.
    — And gainſt the General we will lift our ſwords And either lanch his greedie thirſting throat, Or take him priſoner, and his chaine ſhall ſerue For Manackles, till he be ranſom’d home.
  15. The warp threads of a web.
动词 v.
  1. To fasten something with a chain. transitive
    — You should chain your bicycle to the railings to protect it from being stolen.
  2. To connect as if with a chain, due to dependence, addiction, or other feelings figuratively
    — Sometimes I feel like I'm chained to this computer.
  3. To link multiple items together. intransitive
  4. To secure someone with fetters. transitive
  5. To obstruct the mouth of a river etc with a chain. transitive
  6. To obligate. figuratively
    — I miss when Game Of Thrones was wide open, but even then, the writers were chained to a narrative they didn’t yet know the ending of and feared straying too far from.
  7. To relate data items with a chain of pointers.
  8. To be chained to another data item.
    — You don’t need to maintain state, or partition execution into different objects that then you can chain together (one executes the other on completion — chained continuations).
  9. To measure a distance using a 66-foot long chain, as in land surveying. transitive
    — As the line was surveyed - a sufficient length being first chained by a surveyor, who was followed by axemen - trees had to be felled and a certain width maintained, which was specified in the contract, for drays had to follow, and the trees might have fallen upon the line and broken it down at the very outset.
  10. To load and automatically run (a program). rare,transitive
    — How do you get one program to chain another? I want to run DrawWorks2 then !Draw but as soon as you run Drawworks2 it finishes the batch file and doesn't go on to the next instruction! Is there a way without loading one of these automatic loaders?

词形变化

chains plural chains present,singular,third-person chaining participle,present chained participle,past chained past

词汇关系

下位词
Albert chain bicycle chain bike chain bra chain chain of office daisy chain food chain green chain Gunter's Chain hogchain key chain keychain Markov chain megachain mountain chain retail chain side chain sidechain signifying chain snow chain subchain supply chain timing chain waist chain
衍生词
academy chain a chain is only as strong as its weakest link air chain airchain antichain ascending chain condition backchain ball and chain ball chain belly chain beta chain block chain blockchain branched-chain brequet chain catena chainable chainage chain armour chain binder chain boat chainbolt chain bridge chain-cable chain cable chain case chaincase chain code chain complex chain conveyor chain dance chain drill chain drive chain-driven chainer chainfall chain fern chain ferry chain fountain chain fruit chain gang chain-ganger chain group chain growth polymerization chainguard chain guard chain gun chain hobble chain-ladder method chain latch chainless chainlet chain letter chain-light chain lightning chainlike chainlink chain-link chainlink fence chain locker chain-mail chain mail chainmail chainmaking chainman chain map chain-melted chain-melted state chain migration chain of command chain of custody chain of events chain of evidence chain of production chain-of-responsibility pattern chain of thought chain of title chain pickerel chain pier chain pipe chainplate chain pump chain reaction chainring chain rule chainsaw chain saw chainset chain shift chain shot chain-shot chain sickle chain silicate chain sinnet chain slap chainsmith chain smoke chain-smoke chain smoker chain-smoker chain-smoking chainsmoking chain smoking chain-snatch chainsorter chain stay chainstay chainsticks chain stitch chain store chain story chain suck chain tie chain tower Chain Valley Bay chain viper chainwale chainwheel chain whip chainwide chainwise chainwork chainworks choke chain choker chain cochain cold chain cool chain cross-chain crotch chain Cunningham chain curb chain daisy-chain decay chain descending chain condition dialect chain discrete-time Markov chain door chain drag-chain drag the chain drowning chain enchain endless chain engineer's chain first island chain forechain glycochain golden chain golden-chain golden-chain tree golden chain tree great chain of being Gunter's chain heterochain hill chain hobble chain hobble-chain hog chain hogchain homochain human chain interchain intrachain island chain jack chain jerk someone's chain keychain kill chain ladies' chain let fluffy off the chain light chain long-chain mainchain measuring chain medium-chain medium-chain triglyceride megachain midchain minichain multichain nanochain netted chain fern nonchain off-chain off the chain on-chain open-chain paper chain pawn chain peptide chain pole-chain pole chain polymerase chain reaction polypeptide chain power chain protein chain pull someone's chain rattle someone's chain rechain roller chain safety chain seamount chain second island chain security chain short-chain sidechain single-chain slave chain straight chain straight-chain subchain supply chain visibility swap chain sympathetic chain Third Island Chain tire chain toolchain top-chain tyre chain value chain very long-chain very-long-chain watch chain watchchain word chain worm-like chain yank someone's chain unchain chain up

词源

词源 1
From Middle English cheyne, chaine, from Old French chaine, chaene (“chain”), from Latin catēna (“chain”), from Proto-Indo-European *kat- (“to braid, twist; hut, shed”). Doublet of catena. Displaced native Middle English rakil and rakent (from Old English racente (“chain”)); see rackan.
词源 2
From Middle English cheyne, chaine, from Old French chaine, chaene (“chain”), from Latin catēna (“chain”), from Proto-Indo-European *kat- (“to braid, twist; hut, shed”). Doublet of catena. Displaced native Middle English rakil and rakent (from Old English racente (“chain”)); see rackan.
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