| 释义 |
blue chip orig. U.S.
[blue a. + chip n.1 2 d.]
A blue counter used in Poker, usu. of high value. Also transf., spec. Stock Exchange, a share considered to be a fairly reliable investment, though less secure than gilt-edged; hence any reliable enterprise, etc. Also attrib. or quasi-adj. Cf. blue n. 4 c.
1904S. E. White Blazed Trail Stories viii. 146, I reckon I don't stack up very high in th' blue chips. 1929Sun (Baltimore) 30 Oct. 12/2 Agriculture still has too much to reclaim..to become a ‘blue chip’ in the near future. 1932Ibid. 16 Apr. 15/8 Investors do not see as much intrinsic value in lower-priced issues as they do in the so-called ‘blue chips’. 1935Economist 17 Aug. 339/1 The result is not a ‘blue-chip’ boom. 1954Ibid. 20 Feb. 568/2 Tobacco equities seem rather more vulnerable than other industrial ‘blue-chips’. 1957R. Powell Philadelphian 185 One of the gilt-edged prep schools..or even the blue-chip ones. 1958Times 2 Jan. 12/2 Demand was again concentrated on the ‘blue chip’ issues and a comparatively few store..and chemical shares. 1967Listener 5 Oct. 423 (Advt.), M & G General Trust Fund is a very big Fund..with a portfolio largely of British ‘blue chips’, plus a number of overseas stocks. |