| 单词 | chip |
| 释义 | chip chip1 —chippable, adj. /chip/, n. , v. , chipped, chipping. n. 1. a small, slender piece, as of wood, separated by chopping, cutting, or breaking. 2. a very thin slice or small piece of food, candy, etc.: chocolate chips. 3. a mark or flaw made by the breaking off or gouging out of a small piece: This glass has a chip. 4. any of the small round disks, usually of plastic or ivory, used as tokens for money in certain gambling games, as roulette or poker; counter. 5. Also called microchip. Electronics. a tiny slice of semiconducting material, generally in the shape of a square a few millimeters long, cut from a larger wafer of the material, on which a transistor or an entire integrated circuit is formed. Cf. microprocessor. 6. a small cut or uncut piece of a diamond or crystal. 7. anything trivial or worthless. 8. something dried up or without flavor. 9. a piece of dried dung: buffalo chips. 10. wood, straw, etc., in thin strips for weaving into hats, baskets, etc. 11. Golf. See chip shot. 12. Tennis. a softly sliced return shot with heavy backspin. 13. the strip of material removed by a recording stylus as it cuts the grooves in a record. 14. chips, Chiefly Brit. French fries. 15. chip off the old block, a person who resembles one parent in appearance or behavior: His son is just a chip off the old block. 16. chip on one's shoulder, a disposition to quarrel: You will never make friends if you go around with a chip on your shoulder. 17. in the chips, Slang. wealthy; rich: Don't look down on your old friends now that you're in the chips. 18. when the chips are down, in a discouraging or disadvantageous situation; in bad or pressing times: When the chips are down he proves to be a loyal friend. v.t. 19. to hew or cut with an ax, chisel, etc. 20. to cut, break off, or gouge out (bits or fragments): He chipped a few pieces of ice from the large cube. 21. to disfigure by breaking off a fragment: to chip the edge of a saucer. 22. to shape or produce by cutting or flaking away pieces: to chip a figure out of wood. 23. Games. to bet by means of chips, as in poker. 24. Tennis. to slice (a ball) on a return shot, causing it to have heavy backspin. 25. Slang. to take (a narcotic drug) occasionally, esp. only in sufficient quantity to achieve a mild euphoria. 26. Chiefly Brit. Sports. to hit or kick (a ball) a short distance forward. 27. Brit. Slang. to jeer or criticize severely; deride; taunt. 28. Australian. to hoe; harrow. v.i. 29. to break off in small pieces. 30. Golf. to make a chip shot. 31. chip in, a. to contribute money or assistance; participate. b. Games. to bet a chip or chips, as in poker. c. to interrupt a conversation to say something; butt in: We all chipped in with our suggestions for the reunion. [1300-50; (n.) ME chip (cf. OE cipp plowshare, beam, i.e., piece cut off); (v.) late ME chippen (cf. OE -cippian in forcippian to cut off); akin to MLG, MD kippen to chip eggs, hatch] chip2 /chip/, v. , chipped, chipping, n. v.i. 1. to utter a short chirping or squeaking sound; cheep. n. 2. a short chirping or squeaking cry. [1880-85; var. of CHEEP] chip3 /chip/, n. Wrestling. a tricky or special method by which an opponent can be thrown. [1820-30; n. use of chip to trip up; c. G kippen to tip over, ON kippa to pull] |
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