链，链条一系列相连的，可折叠弯曲的连结物，通常指金属，尤指用来将物体联结到一起或限定物体或用来传送机械能 A connected, flexible series of links, typically of metal, used especially for holding objects together or restraining or for transmitting mechanical power.
并接，联结分支系统的不同部分结合后形成一个网络，如叶脉，血管，或河流及其支流 The connection of separate parts of a branching system to form a network, as of leaf veins, blood vessels, or a river and its branches.
联接处于联结的状态 The condition of being linked.
结合一种联结的纽带，尤指婚姻纽带 A unifying bond, especially a marriage bond.
