chain gang 312 |
gold chain around her
neck. MSI#—0 The mayor wore his chain
of office.
0 a bicycle chain 0 The prisoners
were kept in chains (=
with
chains around their arms and legs, to prevent them from escaping). 0 SI # W H0 —
picture o bicycle, jewellery, rope
►
CONNECTED THINGS £
j& ft 2 [C] a series of con
nected
things or people —( Al&S^ ) : to set in motion a chain of events 0 a
chain of command
(= a system
in an organization by which instructions are passed from one person to another) o mountain/island chains |L| ;
!Bj
0 Volunteers
formed a human
chain to rescue precious items from the burning house.
A
— see also food
chain
►
OF SHOPS/HOTELS MfB ; WM 3 [C] a group of shops/
stores or hotels owned by the same company j§j 0: a chain of supermarkets/a
supermarket chain $$
iTO
►
RESTRICTION |lg flji] 4 [C, usually pi.] (formal or literary) a thing that
restricts sb’s freedom or ability to do sth
: the chains of fear/misery &
rntfitijm
►
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
ITiTTn 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 BM
) : The doors
were always locked and
chained. IP&f]
&H 0 0 She chained her bicycle to the gate.
MAMAJESfrA-lft /EAn±o o The dog was chained up
for the night. $c|b] o (figurative) I’ve been
chained to my desk all week (= because there was so much work).
chain gang noun a group of prisoners chained together and
forced to work —
W02E
chain letter noun a letter sent to several people asking
them to make copies of the letter and send them on to more people ( itftfsA)
,chain-,link 'fence noun a fence made of wire in a diamond pattern ■— picture o page R24
'chain mail (also mail) noun [u] armour (= covering to protect the body when
fighting) made of small metal rings linked together fftA A ( )
.chain
re'action noun 1 (chemistry
it, physics tyj) a chemical or nuclear change that forms
products which themselves cause more changes and new products MiA fx)$L
2 a series of events, each of which causes the next ( A1# It set off a chain reaction in the
international money markets. ^ # & 01^ St rtf ^
-JfcSJi&T&fll&Jfi.
chain-saw
/• tjeinso:/ noun a tool made of a chain with sharp teeth
set in it, that is driven by a motor and used for cutting wood Ufg
'chain-smoke
verb [V, VN] to smoke cigarettes continuously, lighting the next one from the
one you have just smoked — A — A life ( 'J® ) ► 'chain- smoker noun
'chain store (BrE also mul-tiple,
.multiple store) noun a shop/store that is one of a series of
similar shops/ stores owned by the same company Chair 0-w /tjea(r); NAmE tjer/ noun,
verb
►
noun 1 [C] a piece of furniture for one person to sit on,
with a back, a seat
and four legs A: a table and
chairs — 0 Sit on your chair! AA!
o
an old man asleep in a
chair (= an armchair)
MBi# T&^A — see also armchair,
deckchair, easy CHAIR,
HIGH CHAIR, MUSICAL CHAIRS, ROCKING CHAIR, wheelchair 2 the
chair [sing.]
the position of being in charge of a meeting or committee; the person
who holds this position ( ) AJftfi?{v;
MrfccIRft; ( ) ±Jfc; She
takes the chair in all our
meetings. MAI# iZo 0 Who is in the chair
today? Af#? 0 He was
elected chair of the city
council, M A A A iZ A
A 0
3
[C] the position of being in charge of a
department in
a university ( A A
£/J ) A A fi: He
holds the chair of philosophy at
4
the chair [sing.] (US, informal) = electric chair
verb [VN] to act as the chairman or chairwoman of a