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| ball and chain n | (ball chained to prisoner's leg) | كرة حديدية بسلسلة |
| ball and chain n | figurative (restraint, obstacle) | عائق، عقبة |
| ball and chain n | slang (wife) | الزوجة |
bike chain,
bicycle chain n | informal (roller chain on bicycle) | سلسلة الدراجة الهوائية |
| | The cyclist had to pull over because her bike chain had come off. |
| branched chain n | (atoms: chain with side chains) (في الذرّات: سلسلة بسلاسل جانبية) | سلسلة متفرِّعة |
| chain drive n | (mechanism: roller chain) (آلية نقل الحركة تستخدم جنزيرا) | - |
| | My first motorcycle had a chain drive and I had to remember to check the tension. The chain drive on a bicycle transfers power from the pedals to turn the wheels. |
| chain gang n | (prisoners chained together to work) (سجناء) | موثوقون معًا بسلاسل |
| | The prisoners on the chain gang were sent to break up rocks in the quarry. |
| chain letter | (ongoing letter) | رسالة متسلسلة |
chain mail,
chainmail n | (type of armor) | زَرَد، درع مزرود |
| | The knight wore a bronze helmet and a suit of chain mail armour. |
| chain novel n | (story authored collectively) (يشترك في تأليفها عدة كتاب) | رواية مسلسلة |
| chain of command n | (hierarchy) | تسلسل هرمي، تسلسل |
| | Orders travel along the chain of command from the headquarters to the soldiers in the field. |
| chain of events n | (series of occurrences) | تسلسل أحداث |
| chain reaction n | (sequence of cause and effect) | التفاعل المتسلسل |
| | In the blinding snow, one car hit another and caused a chain reaction; the accident ended up involving six cars on Highway 40. |
chain smoker,
chainsmoker,
chain-smoker n | figurative (person: smokes heavily) | مدخِّن بشكل متواصل |
| | I would class myself as a heavy smoker rather than a chain smoker. |
chain smoker,
chainsmoker,
chain-smoker n | (person: lights cigarette with previous) | مدخّن السجائر الواحدة تلو الأخرى |
| | Chain smokers smoke non-stop all day from the moment they awake to the moment they go to bed. |
| chain smoking n | (lighting cigarette with previous) | تدخين متواصل، إشعال السيجارة من الأخرى |
| ملاحظة: A hyphen is used when the term is an adjective |
| chain smoking n | figurative (smoking heavily) | إكثار من التدخين، تدخين متواصل |
| | The first step to improve your cardiac health, Mr. Johnson, is to cut out the chain smoking. |
| chain-smoking adj | (lights cigarette with previous) | متواصل التدخين بإشعال السيجارة من الأخرى |
| chain-smoking adj | figurative (smokes heavily) | مدخِّن سجائر الواحدة تلو الأخرى |
| | He was a typical fast-talking, chain-smoking, streetwise hustler. |
| chain stitch n | (ornamental embroidery stitch) (غرزة في التطريز) | غرزة السلسلة، قطبة السلسلة |
| chain stitch [sth] vtr | (use the chain stitch) | يصنع غرزة سلسلة لشيء، يدرز درزة سلسلة لشيء |
| chain stitch vi | (sew or crochet using chain stitch) | يصنع غرزة سلسلة، يصنع درزة سلسلة، يصنع قطبة سلسلة |
| chain stitch n | (machine stitch) (تصنعها آلة خياطة) | غرزة السلسلة، درزة السلسلة |
| chain stitch n | (crochet stitch) (غرزة في الكروشيه) | غرزة السلسلة، قطبة السلسلة |
| chain store n | (shop with many branches) (متجر بعدة فروع) | سلسلة متاجر |
| | Chain stores have been the death of independent retailers. |
chain [sth] up,
chain up [sth] vtr + adv | (secure with a chain) | يوثق شيئًا بسلسلة |
chain [sb/sth] up,
chain up [sb/sth] vtr + adv | (restrain with a chain) | يوثق شخصًا/شيئًا بسلسلة، يقيّد شخصًا/شيئًا بسلسلة |
| chain-up adj | US (for snow chains) | وضْع سلاسل معدنية للثلج |
| | This highway provides a chain-up area, so drivers can stop and put their snow chains on. |
| chain up vi + adv | US (vehicle: snow chains) (لسيارة) | يضع سلاسل معدنية للثلج |
| chain-link fence n | (wire enclosure) | سياج مشبَّك |
| | Private tennis courts are usually surrounded with chain-link fences. |
| chain-smoke⇒ vi | (light cigarette with previous) | يشعل السيجارة بالأخرى |
| chain-smoke [sth]⇒ vtr | (light with previous) | يشعل شيئًا بآخر، يشرب أشياء بشكل متوالٍ |
| | She chain-smoked three cigarettes as she waited anxiously outside. |
| | شربَت ثلاث سجائر متوالية بينما كانت تنتظر بقلق في الخارج. |
| chain-smoke⇒ vi | figurative (smoke heavily) | يدخن كثيرًا |
chainsaw,
chain saw n | (motorized cutting tool) | منشار بسلسلة، منشار جنزيريّ |
| | The cat and dog ran when they heard the sound of the chainsaw. |
chainsaw [sth],
chain-saw [sth]⇒ vtr | (cut with a chainsaw) (بمنشار بسلسلة) | يقطع، ينشر |
| | The crew chainsawed the downed tree branches into small pieces. |
| daisy chain n | (flowers linked together) | حلقة من الزهور |
| | The girls made a daisy chain from flowers they picked in the meadow. |
| daisy chain n | figurative (devices, actions: linked) | سلسلة تعاقبية |
| daisy-chain n as adj | figurative (linked, repeating) (مضاف إليه) | سلسلةٍ تعاقبيةٍ |
| ملاحظة: A hyphen is used when the term is an adjective |
| door chain n | (metal security device for a door) | سلسلة الباب |
| | Don't depend on a door chain as your only lock. |
| food chain n | (hierarchy of organisms) | السلسلة الغذائية |
| | Plankton are at the bottom of the marine food chain. |
| island chain n | (archipelago: group of islands) | مجموعة جزر |
| | The Hawaiian Islands are an excellent example of an island chain. |
key chain,
keychain n | (fob for attaching keys) | سلسلة المفاتيح |
| | I got my dad a souvenir key chain from Paris. |
| mountain chain | (geology) (في الجيولوجيا) | سلسلة جبال |
| off the chain adj | UK, slang (wildly entertaining) | جامح، ممتع للغاية |
| pain chain n | informal, figurative (vicious circle or cycle) | حلقة مفرَغة |
| pain chain n | (tedious procedure or process) (مجازي) | عذاب |
| | | مشقَّة |
| retail chain n | (shop with multiple branches) | سلسلة متاجر |
| roller chain n | (engineering: chain with rollers) | سلسلة أسطوانات دوّارة |
| straight-chain n | (chemistry: unbranched chain of organic molecules) (في الكيمياء) | سلسلة مستقيمة |
| supply chain n | (process of manufacture and sale) | سلسلة إمداد، سلسلة توريد |
| | All it takes is a truckers' strike to break the supply chain. |
| tire chain | (machinery) | سلسلة إطار، سلسلة عجلة |
| value chain n | (business: series of activities that add value to final product) | سلسلة القيمة |
| watch chain n | (metal chain of a pocket watch) | سلسلة ساعة جيب |