chain
US: /ˈtʃeɪn/
UK: /tʃˈeɪn/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
chain /tʃein/- danh từ
- dây, xích
- dãy, chuỗi, loạt
- a chain of mountains: một dãy núi
- a chain of events: một loạt các sự kiện
- thước dây (để đo chiều dài); dây (chiều dài của thước dây, bằng 20m115)
- dây chuyền (làm việc...)
- to form a chain: làm thành dây chuyền, đứng thành dây chuyền
- (số nhiều) xiềng xích
- to break the chains: phá xiềng xích
- ngoại động từ
- xích lại, trói buộc, buộc chặt ((nghĩa đen) & (nghĩa bóng))
- ngáng dây (qua đường phố...)
- đo bằng thước dây
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb+ noun
metal rings
1 [C, U] a series of connected metal rings, used for pulling or fastening things; a length of chain used for a particular purpose: a short length of chain + She wore a heavy gold chain around her neck. + The mayor wore his chain of office. + a bicycle chain + The prisoners were kept in chains (= with chains around their arms and legs, to prevent them from escaping).
connected things
2 [C] a series of connected things or people: to set in motion a chain of events + a chain of command (= a system in an organization by which instructions are passed from one person to another) + mountain / island chains + Volunteers formed a human chain to rescue precious items from the burning house.
See also -
of shops / hotels
3 [C] a group of shops/stores or hotels owned by the same company: a chain of supermarkets / a supermarket chain
restriction
4 [C, usually pl.] (formal or literary) a thing that restricts sb's freedom or ability to do sth: the chains of fear / misery
in house buying
5 [C, usually sing.] (BrE) a situation in which a number of people selling and buying houses must each complete the sale of their house before buying from the next person
Idioms see BALL n., LINK n., WEAK
+ verb [VN] [often passive] ~ sb/sth (to sb/sth)
~ sb/sth (up) to fasten sth with a chain; to fasten sb/sth to another person or thing with a chain, so that they do not escape or get stolen: The doors were always locked and chained. + She chained her bicycle to the gate. + The dog was chained up for the night. + (figurative) I've been chained to my desk all week (= because there was so much work).
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 string, series, combination; sequence, succession, train, course, set, concatenation:
He owns a chain of bookshops. Interruption of the food chain can cause serious ecological consequences. A curious chain of circumstances led me to a small hotel at Torquay in February.
2 restraint, check, trammel, control, confinement, fetter, bond, manacle, shackle, gyve:
The family finally threw off the chains of poverty.
v.
3 shackle, secure, fasten, bind, gyve; confine, fetter, restrain, confine, restrict, tie, limit:
Prometheus was chained to a rock as punishment for having brought fire to man. Marguerite felt chained after twenty years of marriage.
Collocation
1 line of rings joined together
ADJ.
long
She wore a long gold chain round her neck.
| rusty | bicycle | daisy, paper
QUANT.
length
CHAIN + VERB
clank
CHAIN + NOUN
mail
(= armour made of chains)
PREP.
in ~s
The prisoner was led away in chains.
| off sb's/the ~
Let the dog off its chain.
| on a/the ~
They kept the dog on a chain all day long.
PHRASES
a chain of office
The mayor was wearing his chain of office.
| a chain on the door
Put the chain on the door before you go to bed.
| a link in the chain
2 number of things in a line
ADJ.
island, mountain | human
VERB + CHAIN
form
The people formed a human chain to pass the supplies up the beach.
PREP.
~ of
a chain of volcanic islands
PHRASES
a chain of command
(= a system by which instructions are passed from one person to another)
3 group of shops, etc. owned by the same company
ADJ.
big, large | small | hotel, supermarket, etc.
CHAIN + NOUN
store
PREP.
~ of
a chain of clothes shops
PHRASES
part of a chain
This hotel is part of a large chain.
4 number of connected events/situations
ADJ.
complex
the complex chain of events that led to the war
| unbroken
There has been an unbroken chain of great violinists in the family.
| causal | food
efforts to ensure that dioxins do not enter the food chain
CHAIN + NOUN
reaction
PHRASES
a chain of events
Concise dictionary
chains|chained|chainingtʃeɪnnoun
+a series of things depending on each other as if linked together
+(chemistry) a series of linked atoms (generally in an organic molecule)
+a series of (usually metal) rings or links fitted into one another to make a flexible ligament
+a number of similar establishments (stores or restaurants or banks or hotels or theaters) under one ownership
+anything that acts as a restraint
+a unit of length
+British biochemist (born in Germany) who isolated and purified penicillin, which had been discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming (1906-1979)
+a series of hills or mountains
+a necklace made by a stringing objects together
verb
+connect or arrange into a chain by linking
+fasten or secure with chains
