| 单词 | chip |
| 释义 | chip (tʃɪp ) Word forms: chips , chipping , chipped 1. countable noun [usually plural] A2 Chips are long, thin pieces of potato fried in oil or fat and eaten hot, usually with a meal. [British] I had fish and chips in a cafe. Frank Browne shook more sauce over his chips. 2. countable noun [usually plural] Chips or potato chips are very thin slices of fried potato that are eaten cold as a snack. [US] ...a package of onion-flavored potato chips. 3. countable noun B2 A silicon chip is a very small piece of silicon with electronic circuits on it which is part of a computer or other piece of machinery. 4. countable noun A chip is a small piece of something or a small piece which has been broken off something. It contains real chocolate chips. He was burning wood chips to make charcoal. Teichler's eyes gleamed like chips of blue glass. [+ of] Synonyms: fragment, scrap, shaving, flake 5. countable noun A chip in something such as a piece of china or furniture is where a small piece has been broken off it. The washbasin had a small chip. Synonyms: scratch, nick, flaw, notch 6. verb If you chip something or if it chips, a small piece is broken off it. The blow chipped the woman's tooth. [VERB noun] Steel baths are lighter but chip easily. [VERB] Synonyms: nick, damage, gash chipped adjective The wagon's paint was badly chipped on the outside. They drank out of chipped mugs. 7. countable noun [usually plural] Chips are plastic counters used in gambling to represent money. He put the pile of chips in the centre of the table and drew a card. 8. countable noun In discussions between people or governments, a chip or a bargaining chip is something of value which one side holds, which can be exchanged for something they want from the other side. The information could be used as a bargaining chip to extract some parallel information from Britain. He was not expected to be released because he was considered a valuable chip in this game. 9. See also blue chip 10. a chip off the old block phrase If you describe someone as a chip off the old block, you mean that they are just like one of their parents in character or behaviour. My father was a comedian and I am a chip off the old block. 11. when the chips are down phrase If you say that something happens when the chips are down, you mean it happens when a situation gets very difficult. [informal] When the chips are down, she's very tough. 12. a chip on one's shoulder phrase If you say that someone has a chip on their shoulder, you think that they feel inferior or that they believe they have been treated unfairly. [informal] He had this chip on his shoulder about my mum and dad thinking that they're better than him. Phrasal verbs: chip away at 1. phrasal verb If you chip away at something such as an idea, a feeling, or a system, you gradually make it weaker or less likely to succeed by repeated efforts. Instead of an outright coup attempt, the rebels want to chip away at her authority. [VERB PARTICLE PARTICLE noun] 2. phrasal verb If you chip away at a debt or an amount of money, you gradually reduce it. The group had hoped to chip away at its debts by selling assets. [VERB PARTICLE PARTICLE noun] chip in 1. phrasal verb When a number of people chip in, each person gives some money so that they can pay for something together. [informal] They chip in for the petrol and food. [VERB PARTICLE] The brothers chip in a certain amount of money each month to hire a home health aide. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 2. phrasal verb If someone chips in during a conversation, they interrupt it in order to say something. [informal] 'That's true,' chipped in Quaver. [VERB PARTICLE with quote] He chipped in before Clements could answer. [VERB PARTICLE] Idioms: a chip on your shoulder a feeling of anger and resentment because you think that you have been treated unfairly in the past My father had a chip on his shoulder; he thought people didn't like him because of the way he looked. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers a chip off the old block a person who is very similar to one of their parents in appearance, character or behaviour It would be unfair to describe him as a chip off the old block because he is a far better rugby player than his father. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: chip a tooth Yes, because you don't want to chip a tooth, say others. Times, Sunday Times The seeds are quite hard and can chip a tooth. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He was also allegedly hit in the face with a police riot shield that chipped his tooth. Times, Sunday Times He has chipped his teeth. Times, Sunday Times He was aspiring to a career in computer chip design. Times, Sunday Times Other services also mattered: law, chip design, entertainment, telecoms, railways, aviation, advertising and many others. Times, Sunday Times The 8008 (originally called 1201) chip design started before the 4004 development. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This ground breaking text advocated chip design with programming languages that compiled to silicon. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This increases area of a chip design by a factor of 5, so must be reserved for smaller designs. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Yet no other company has built anywhere near the scale of the chip designer. Times,Sunday Times Shares in the chip designer have risen 300 per cent since the start of 2009 and six billion chips designed using its technology will be shipped this year alone. Times, Sunday Times Though analysts noted the chip designer was confident about growth prospects, they heard nothing to persuade them to keep buying the shares after their strong run. Times, Sunday Times Creating realistic graphics and video presents a different challenge for chip designers; multiple instructions need to be processed at once if images are to be crisp and lifelike. Times,Sunday Times The chip designers make computers faster with two basic tricks. Houston Chronicle The chip maker also put out a forecast for first-quarter revenues of $215 million to $235 million, again ahead of expectations. Times, Sunday Times Intel, the world's largest chip maker, has failed in its attempt to overturn a record €1 billion (853 million) fine for anticompetitive behaviour five years ago. Times, Sunday Times Intel isn't the only chip maker to boost its guidance. canada.com The chip maker plans to begin selling two special-purpose chips for providing processing power to copiers, printers, scanners and other office products. Globe and Mail The world's top memory chip maker will invest 1.47 trillion won ($1.23-billion) on equipment to produce memory chips using next generation 12-inch wafers, the company said. Globe and Mail Half of all smartphones sold worldwide contain its most advanced chip technology, rather than older chips, which has raised its royalty revenue. Times, Sunday Times Thus, the importance of soft errors increases as chip technology advances. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Modern chip technology allows multiple metal layers and therefore coils with a large number of windings to be inserted into the chip. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This technology has been coined by some as the lab on a chip technology. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Within each series, there have been several major re-implementations as chip technology progressed. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The findings have potentially serious implications for border security, where immigration officers check passengers in front of them against the photo in the passport or in the document's digital chip. Times, Sunday Times In contrast, digital chips only use and create voltages or currents at discrete levels, with no intermediate values. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Pure analog chips in information processing have been mostly replaced with digital chips. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Fairer options of payment, such as direct debit or an electronic chip that picks up a car's entry into the zone, are also under consideration. Times, Sunday Times The first biometric passports - or e-passports - were introduced in 2006, and had a photograph and your personal details stored on an electronic chip. Times, Sunday Times To ensure compliance, everybody wears a name tag containing an electronic chip that monitors their attendance. Times, Sunday Times The new passport would still contain the same data and electronic chip. The Sun It's the same story at airports because the electronic chip in a modern passport would easily fit into your earlobe. Times, Sunday Times A chip embedded in the back holds a digital image of the holder's face and fingerprints. The Sun The patent application also suggests that alternatively the 'key' could be an electronic chip embedded in a mobile or watch strap. Times, Sunday Times Before the race, runners were given ankle bracelets with chips embedded in them. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This tracking technology uses a small data chip embedded in each player's uniform, to provide detailed information about that player's athleticism. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Dies that are damaged and used in the minting process also create errors resulting in coins having die chips embedded in the surface of the coin. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Drain the fried chips on a piece of clean kitchen roll. The Sun Fried chips are the worst waistline culprits, so opt for oven chips that don't need spritzing with oil. The Sun After years of going to the local deli and getting a bag of fried chips he found himself hiding them underneath his sandwich. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A total of 68 authorities have implanted the chips - yet only 11 monitor the data from them. The Sun The camera beamed signals to a chip implanted at the back of his eye, which sent messages to his brain. The Sun It will involve pictures from a tiny camera mounted on a blind person's glasses being relayed to a chip implanted in their brain. Times, Sunday Times The master monkey had a neural chip implanted in the premotor brain region responsible for planning movements. Times, Sunday Times I had a 2.5cm long computer chip implanted in my arm. Times, Sunday Times Try several oversized paint chips to help you pick a winner. canada.com Much of the debris was said to be paint chips and propellant residue. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 As such, they are used in the forensic laboratory to analyze the dyes and pigments in individual textile fibers, microscopic paint chips and the color of glass fragments. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The decor will include dominoes, chess pieces, poker chips and orchids. ST Two mattresses with crumpled, wrecked sheets are on the floor, accessorised with bottle caps and poker chips. Times, Sunday Times However, one man arrived at the complex this weekend and emptied his pockets of $500,000 in poker chips to cover half his stake. Times, Sunday Times To form rows, poker chips may be placed vertically, horizontally or diagonally. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Poker chips are used for keeping score only. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 These should include the all-important camera, above left, and the phone's processing chip. The Sun Lightning-quick with a turbo-charged processing chip, this 10in tablet will please thumb bandits with its state-of-the-art gaming. The Sun And it will be powered by a processing chip - in effect the brain of the device - with eight cores. The Sun The external camera and image processing chip are generally mounted onto eyeglasses for the patient. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 When you take a picture, processing chips go to work to hone colours and sharpen or smooth detail. Times, Sunday Times In their device, electrons are presented with a barrier on a semiconductor chip. Times, Sunday Times There he also demonstrated the first ion trap integrated on a semiconductor chip. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The semiconductor chip contains a decoder/encoder, loop backs, jitter attenuators, receivers, and drivers. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It has exhibits about how semiconductor chip technology works, both as self-paced exhibits and by reservation as grade-school educational programs. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Other examples include the ion implantation of dopant species to tailor the electrical properties of a semiconductor chip, and the electrochemical deposition of metallic interconnects (electroplating). Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Look at that tiny chip in your credit card. Times, Sunday Times Through these a 'sewing machine-like robot' will very carefully place 1,000 wires connected to a tiny chip into the brain. Times, Sunday Times It's a small pill that you swallow each day, with a tiny chip inside. Times, Sunday Times The system uses a tiny chip and antenna built into a phone. The Sun Each grain of abrasive functions as a microscopic single-point cutting edge (although of high negative rake angle), and shears a tiny chip. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The salted almonds tasted of salt, the toasted broad beans tasted of wood chip. Times, Sunday Times Timber can be turned into wood chips for use in wood-chip boilers. Times, Sunday Times Converted coal plants burn so much biomass, mostly wood chip, that it has to imported, giving it a higher carbon footprint than smaller plants supplied locally. Times, Sunday Times The most environmentally friendly solution would be a wood chip or pellet boiler (but this could easily add another 5,000 to your bill). Times, Sunday Times Whether you are planting in a container or in the ground, don't forget a good acidic mulch of pine needles or wood chip. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 碎片, 芯片, 碰掉一小部分 Japanese: かけら small piece, チップ 電子, ･･･を欠く |
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