Word · Frequency #1835
chain
用链条拴住;用镣铐束缚
核心释义
To fasten or secure someone or something with a chain or fetters.
- 1.
用链条拴住某物。
To fasten something with a chain.
- 2.
因依赖、成瘾或其他情感而像被锁链连在一起。
To connect as if with a chain, due to dependence, addiction, or other feelings
- 3.
将多个物品连接在一起。
To link multiple items together.
- 4.
用脚镣束缚某人。
To secure someone with fetters.
- 5.
用链条阻塞河口等。
To obstruct the mouth of a river etc with a chain.
- 6.
使承担义务;束缚。
To obligate.
- 7.
用指针链关联数据项。
To relate data items with a chain of pointers.
- 8.
与另一个数据项链接。
To be chained to another data item.
- 9.
用66英尺长的测链测量距离(如土地测量)。
To measure a distance using a 66-foot long chain, as in land surveying.
束缚;使受制于;连接;串联;链接;关联;用链子封锁(河口等);用测链测量(距离)
用法In use
The guard chained the dog to the fence.
用法提示:动词过去式chained,表示用链条将物体束缚在固定位置。
She chains her bike to a lamppost every night.
用法提示:动词第三人称单数chains,表示用链条锁住以防止移动。
Fear can chain people to unhealthy habits.
用法提示:动词原形chain与情态动词连用,比喻意义上表示限制或束缚。
chain sth to sth
强调用链条把某物固定在另一物上。
She chained her bike to the railing.
她把自行车用链子锁在栏杆上。
chain sb/sth up
up 表示完全拴住。
The guard chained the dog up for the night.
警卫用链子把狗拴了一夜。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- chain up
- 用链子拴住;锁上
- Chain up your dog when visitors come.客人来时把你的狗拴好。
- chain to
- 用链子固定在…上
- She chained her bike to the lamppost.她把自行车用链子锁在灯柱上。
- chain together
- 用链子把…连在一起
- The prisoners were chained together in a line.囚犯们被链成一排。
- be chained to
- 被…束缚;受…牵制
- He doesn't want to be chained to a nine-to-five job.他不想被朝九晚五的工作束缚住。
习语与比喻表达
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
chain 音近“缠”,想象链条缠绕、拴住东西,也把多个物件串联起来,记住“用链拴、串联”的含义。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域:neutral 常见场景:literal physical restraint (e.g. chaining a bicycle)、figurative constraint (e.g. chained to a job or habit)、technical computing/data linkage (e.g. chaining pointers) 作动词时,最常用的是本义‘用链条拴住’,日常和正式场合都通用;比喻义‘束缚、使受制于’多用于书面或较正式的表达;在计算机等技术语境中则有‘链接、串联’的专门含义。日常口语里也常说 chain up,请根据语境选择。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
以上单词的结尾都读 /eɪn/(与 chain 韵脚相同):pain /peɪn/、rain /reɪn/、train /treɪn/、grain /ɡreɪn/、plane /pleɪn/、rein /reɪn/。注意:chair /tʃeər/ 拼写与 chain 相近,但读音不同(元音不同)。
高价值词汇High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇,值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 3,建议结合例句记忆,而不是只背中文释义。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY, WORDNET.