1. to have one's bicycle chain come off2. (fig.) to let sb down; to drop the ball; to screw up
1. series of calamities2. disaster following on disaster
chain of ossicles (in the middle ear)
a ranking of items in a particular category, with the most highly regarded on top (neologism c. 2012, coined by analogy with 食物链[shí wù liàn], food chain)
external link (on a website)
(geopolitics) First Island Chain, strategic arc of islands including Japan, Taiwan and the Philippines
(geopolitics) Second Island Chain, strategic arc of islands stretching from Japan's Bonin Islands to Guam and Papua New Guinea
double-stranded nucleic acid
猪链球菌病 豬鏈球菌病 zhū liàn qiú jūn bìng streptococcus suis (swine-borne disease)
逻辑链路控制 邏輯鏈路控制 luó ji liàn lù kòng zhì 1. logical link control2. LLC
链式裂变反应 鏈式裂變反應 liàn shì liè biàn fǎn yìng chain reaction of nuclear fission
数据链路连接标识 數據鏈路連接標識 shù jù liàn lù lián jiē biāo zhì data link connection identifier (DLCI)