A unit of length used in surveying, equal to0.01 chain, 7.92 inches, or about20.12 centimeters. 令测量用长度单位,等于0。01测链,7。92英寸或约等于20。12厘米
I bought this loaf of bread in the chain store opposite the street. 我在街道对面的连锁商店里买了这只面包。
Little audible links, they are, chaining together great inaudible feelings and purposes. 它们只是一些可以为人听见的小小链子,把大量听不见的情感和意图串联起来。
Chain \Chain\, v. t. [imp. p. p. {Chained} (ch[=a]nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Chaining}.] 1. To fasten, bind, or connect with a chain; to fasten or bind securely, as with a chain; as, to chain a bulldog.
Chained behind the hostile car. --Prior.
2. To keep in slavery; to enslave.
And which more blest? who chained his country, say Or he whose virtue sighed to lose a day? --Pope.
3. To unite closely and strongly.
And in this vow do chain my soul to thine. --Shak.
4. (Surveying) To measure with the chain.
5. To protect by drawing a chain across, as a harbor.
The arguments came as five members of Operation Rescue defied a U.S. Supreme Court ban on protests within 50 feet of Atlanta abortion clinics, chaining themselves together inside the Atlanta Surgi-Center.
Police said 43 people were arrested inside the packed cathedral when they jumped from their seats near the start of O'Connor's homily and stretched out in the center aisle, some chaining themselves to pews.
A sign of the times, the Metropolitan Police will be advising on chaining down your statues and yuccas. Among the agony aunts will be Dr Roland Fox of the School of Plant Sciences at Reading University, known worldwide for its horticultural expertise.