An endless chain with links that engage with toothed wheels in order to transmit power from one shaft to another in an engine or machine tool.
（发动机或机床的）传动链
Example sentencesExamples
One of the drive chains jumped the sprocket and the team could not fix it.
I got my smock tangled up in the drive chain of our hanging belt one time.
There's an engine, drive chain and brakes - and a controller called the driver.
Despite having to adapt to an unfamiliar bike, Palmer finished a creditable ninth in the first race, but a snapped drive chain led to his retirement in the second race when in seventh place.
A hybrid car uses a gasoline engine in conjunction with an electric motor for its drive chain.
Definition of drive chain in US English:
drive chain
noun
An endless chain with links that engage with toothed wheels in order to transmit power from one shaft to another in an engine or machine tool.
（发动机或机床的）传动链
Example sentencesExamples
Despite having to adapt to an unfamiliar bike, Palmer finished a creditable ninth in the first race, but a snapped drive chain led to his retirement in the second race when in seventh place.
There's an engine, drive chain and brakes - and a controller called the driver.
A hybrid car uses a gasoline engine in conjunction with an electric motor for its drive chain.
One of the drive chains jumped the sprocket and the team could not fix it.
I got my smock tangled up in the drive chain of our hanging belt one time.