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chain RINGStFeInn(a length of ) esp. metal rings that are connected together and used for fastening, pulling, supporting, or limiting freedom, or as jewellery链条, 项链The gates were locked with a padlock and a heavy steel chain. [C]大门用一把挂锁和一根沉重的钢链锁上了。Put the chain on the door if you are alone in the house. [C]你要是一个人在家，把链子钩在门上。The chain of a bicycle transfers power from the pedals to the rear wheel. [C]自行车的链条把动力从脚踏板上传送到后轮上。I need half a metre of fine chain to hang up a picture. [U]我需要半米长的细链用来挂一幅画。Don't worry, the dog can't chase you -- she's on a chain. [C]别担心，狗不会追赶你的----它给拴在链条上呢。Don't forget to pull the chain when you finish in the toilet. [C]当你用完厕后，别忘了拉水箱链条。Mary was wearing a beautiful silver chain around her neck. [C]玛丽颈上戴了一条美丽的银项链。I was given a beautiful chain bracelet for my birthday.我生日时别人送了我一条漂亮的手链。The hostages were kept in chains for 23 hours a day.人质们一天23小时上着镣铐。(fig.) At last the country has freed itself from the chains of (=limitations on freedom established by) the authoritarian regime. [C]这个国家最终把自己从独裁政权的束缚中解放了出来。Chain mail consists of small metal rings that have been joined together to look like cloth. It was used in the past to protect the body of a soldier from injury when fighting.锁子甲A chain saw is a large SAW (=a cutting tool) with a motor that has teeth-like parts fitted onto a continuous chain, and which is used esp. for cutting trees.（伐木用的）链锯Chain stitch is a decorative sewing method in which each stitch is connected to the next so that they form a chain.链状针迹"Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains" (Jean-Jacques Rousseau in The Social Contract, 1762)“人是生而自由的，可是处处受到束缚。”（让—雅克·卢梭，《社会契约论》）
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