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[ ein] 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.) veriga; verižica2) (a series: a chain of events.) zaporedje, vrsta2. verb(to fasten or bind with chains: The prisoner was chained to the wall.) prikleniti- chain store* * *I [čein]nounveriga, vrsta; plural okovi, suženjstvo; dolžinska mera (okrog 20 m)chain smoker — kadilec, ki prižiga eno cigareto za drugoAmerican chain store — podružnica velike trgovske hišeto put s.o. in chains — vkleniti kogaII [čein]transitive verbprikleniti; (up) dati na verigo, z verigo zvezati; figuratively prevzeti, pritegniti
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