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一. a series of (usually metal) rings or links fitted into one another to make a flexible ligamentAeo中文字网
二. a necklace made by a stringing objects togetherAeo中文字网
e.g. a string of beads
a strand of pearlsAeo中文字网
Synonym: stringstrandAeo中文字网
三. anything that acts as a restraintAeo中文字网
四. a linked or connected series of objectsAeo中文字网
e.g. a chain of daisiesAeo中文字网
五. (business) a number of similar establishments (stores or restaurants or banks or hotels or theaters) under one ownershipAeo中文字网
六. a series of things depending on each other as if linked togetherAeo中文字网
e.g. the chain of command
a complicated concatenation of circumstancesAeo中文字网
Synonym: concatenationAeo中文字网
七. (chemistry) a series of linked atoms (generally in an organic molecule)Aeo中文字网
Synonym: chemical chainAeo中文字网
八. a series of hills or mountainsAeo中文字网
e.g. the valley was between two ranges of hills
the plains lay just beyond the mountain rangeAeo中文字网
Synonym: rangemountain rangerange of mountainsmountain chainchain of mountainsAeo中文字网
九. a unit of lengthAeo中文字网
verbAeo中文字网
一. fasten or secure with chainsAeo中文字网
e.g. Chain the chairs togetherAeo中文字网
二. connect or arrange into a chain by linkingAeo中文字网