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1 chain smoker
s.fumador empedernido, fumador incesante, fumador que fuma un cigarro tras otro. -
2 chain-smoker
s.fumador(ora) empedernido(a). -
3 chain
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1. noun1) (a series of (especially metal) links or rings passing through one another: The dog was fastened by a chain; She wore a silver chain round her neck.) cadena2) (a series: a chain of events.) cadena, serie
2. verb(to fasten or bind with chains: The prisoner was chained to the wall.) encadenar, atar- chain store
chain1 n cadenachain2 vb encadenartr[ʧeɪn]1 (metal rings) cadena1 encadenar, atar\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLin chains encadenado,-ato pull the chain tirar de la cadenachain gang cadena de presoschain letter carta (de una cadena)chain mail cota de mallachain reaction reacción nombre femenino en cadenachain saw motosierra, sierra de cadenachain stitch punto de cadenetachain store tienda (de una cadena)mountain chain cordillera, cadena montañosachain ['ʧeɪn] vt: encadenarchain n1) : cadena fsteel chain: cadena de acerorestaurant chain: cadena de restaurantes2) series: serie fchain of events: serie de eventos3) chains nplfetters: grillos mpln.• cadena s.f.• cadeneta s.f.• collar s.m.v.• aherrojar v.• encadenar v.
I tʃeɪna) cadena fto be in chains — estar* encadenado
chain of office — collar que es atributo de un cargo oficial
b) ( series) cadena fa chain of events — una cadena or (frml) concatenación de acontecimientos
mountain chain — cadena montañosa or de montañas
c) ( Busn) cadena f
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to chain something/somebody TO something — encadenar algo/a alguien a algo
Phrasal Verbs:- chain up[tʃeɪn]1. N1) (lit) cadena fto pull the chain — [of lavatory] tirar de la cadena
3) (fig)chain of shops — cadena f de tiendas
chain of command — cadena f de mando
chain of events — serie f de acontecimientos
4) (=measure) medida de longitud equivalente a 22 yardas o 20,12 metros2.VT encadenar3.CPDchain gang N — (US) cadena f de presidiarios
chain letter N — carta f que circula en cadena (con promesa de una ganancia cuantiosa para los que siguen las indicaciones que da)
chain lightning N — relámpagos mpl en zigzag
chain mail N — cota f de malla
chain pump N — bomba f de cangilones
chain reaction N — reacción f en cadena
chain smoker N — fumador(a) m / f empedernido(-a)
chain stitch N — (Sew) punto m de cadeneta, cadeneta f
chain store N — tienda f que pertenece a una cadena
- chain up* * *
I [tʃeɪn]a) cadena fto be in chains — estar* encadenado
chain of office — collar que es atributo de un cargo oficial
b) ( series) cadena fa chain of events — una cadena or (frml) concatenación de acontecimientos
mountain chain — cadena montañosa or de montañas
c) ( Busn) cadena f
II
to chain something/somebody TO something — encadenar algo/a alguien a algo
Phrasal Verbs:- chain up
См. также в других словарях:
chain-smoker — chain smokers also chain smoker N COUNT A chain smoker is a person who chain smokes … English dictionary
chain-smoker — noun a heavy smoker (usually of cigarettes) who lights one off of another • Derivationally related forms: ↑chain smoke • Hypernyms: ↑smoker, ↑tobacco user * * * ˈchain smoker [chain smoker chain smokers] … Useful english dictionary
chain-smoker — n. someone who smokes cigarette after cigarette. □ She was a chain smoker for thirty years, and then suddenly, boom. She’s gone. □ There are fewer chain smokers now than there were just a few years ago … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
chain\ smoker — noun Mr. Jones is a chain smoker … Словарь американских идиом
chain smoker — see chain smoker … English dictionary
chain-smoker — noun see chain smoke … New Collegiate Dictionary
chain-smoker — noun A person who chain smokes … Wiktionary
chain smoker — noun a) One who smokes a lot. b) One who smokes continuously, by lighting one cigarette when they finish another, as in a chain … Wiktionary
chain smoker — a person who smokes one cigarette after another, smokes like a furnace Do all chain smokers die of emphysema? No, but most of them do … English idioms
chain-smoker — See: chain smoke … English dictionary
chain smoker — noun see chain smoke … Useful english dictionary