chain gang
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ˈchain gang noun [countable] SCJa group of prisoners chained together to work outside their prison 用链子拴在一起服劳役的囚犯
Examples from the Corpus
chain gang• Tethered like a chain gang, the herd is led away between koonkies.• He did a stint on a chain gang, and he became a professional boxer for a while.• This is the guy who, in the first half, was moving as gracefully and quickly as an Alabama chain gang.• Citizens have loved his reintroduction of the chain gang and the Army-surplus tents he erected to ease jail overcrowding.ˈchain gang nounChineseSyllable
group Corpus a of to work prisoners together outside chained
chain gang
ˈchain gang
noun [countable]
a group of prisoners chained together to work outside their prison
ˈchain gang
noun [countable]a group of prisoners chained together to work outside their prison