chain
链条,链子,链接,链
Related Words
Definitions
- 1
- : a series of objects connected one after the other, usually in the form of a series of metal rings passing through one another, used either for various purposes requiring a flexible tie with high tensile strength, as for hauling, supporting, or confining, or in various ornamental and decorative forms.
- : Often chains. something that binds or restrains; bond: the chain of timidity; the chains of loyalty.
- : chains, shackles or fetters: to place a prisoner in chains.bondage; servitude: to live one's life in chains.Nautical. the area outboard at the foot of the shrouds of a mast: the customary position of the leadsman in taking soundings.tire chain.
- : a series of things connected or following in succession: a chain of events.
- : a range of mountains.
- : a number of similar establishments, as banks, theaters, or hotels, under one ownership or management.
- : Chemistry. two or more atoms of the same element, usually carbon, attached as in a chain.Compare ring.
- : Surveying, Civil Engineering. a distance-measuring device consisting of a chain of 100 links of equal length, having a total length either of 66 feet or of 100 feet .a unit of length equal to either of these.a graduated steel tape used for distance measurements. Abbreviation: ch
- : Mathematics. totally ordered set.
Phrases
- chain reaction
- chain smoker
- ball and chain
- pull someone's chain
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
Police did not immediately identify the security guard or say whether he worked for a private company contracted by the restaurant chain.
Disruptions to one link of that supply chain, say steel manufacturing in Turkey, ripple throughout.
It’s really bringing automation that replaces the factory fixed tooling, supply chains, hundreds of thousands of parts, manual labor and slow iteration speed, with something that I believe is needed for the future on Earth, too.
They also saw that even though new C2C retail models, like social commerce, are gaining popularity, the beauty industry’s supply chain hasn’t kept up.
Other chains might have edgier marketing or more innovative menus.
You expect soldiers of all ranks to understand the need to respect the chain of command, regardless of personal feelings.
Say what you want about Abercrombie & Fitch (A&F), the chain has done something special.
After the scanning takes place, KSM is led down a long corridor flanked by chain-link fences.
Elderly women played Triple Double Diamond and Tiki Magic while they chain-smoked.
So while mourning the closing of De Robertis, consider that we might someday mourn the bankruptcy of whatever chain replaces it.
She stood, in her young purity, at one end of the chain of years, and Mrs. Chepstow—did she really stand at the other?