"Chain up" nghĩa là gì?

"Chain up" = xích lại -> khóa lại (cửa ra vào...), trói lại.

Ví dụ

Now attach (gắn) the old chain to the good one and pull your good chain so that it feeds the old chain up over the hard to get to front sprocket (bánh xích) and back out to the rear sproket.

I'm thinking this was going to be a long trip—this was only the second time I ever had to chain up so far down the hill - but the snow was really coming down. I almost fell down when I got out of the cab of the truck.

The door cracked open slowly with the chain attached as Holly stood looking out at Jennifer with a big smile across her face. “So this is how you're spending your time . . . chained up in doors away from the world.”

The moviemakers (nhà làm phim) had bought him from the villagers. They had released (thả) him from the chain. Would they have locked it back? It is doubtful (hoài nghi). If they had that much gumption (óc thực tế), they probably would have put the chain up somewhere safe and out of the weather.

Thu Phương

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