单词	chip
释义	noun | verb chipchip1 /tʃɪp/ ●●● S2 W2 noun Etymology ETYMOLOGYchip1 Origin: Old English cipp, cyp small piece of wood, from Latin cippus sharp post Collocations COLLOCATIONS► potato chips  a bag of potato chips Thesaurus THESAURUSamount► piece an amount that has been cut or broken from something, or one of the amounts that something has been cut or broken into:  The vase has a piece broken off of it. The lamp lay in pieces on the floor (=in small parts). ► scrap a small piece of paper, cloth, etc.:  He took out the scrap of paper on which he’d written the address. ► strip a long narrow piece of paper, cloth, etc.:  She tore a strip off her shirt to make a bandage. ► chip a small piece of wood or stone, especially one that separates accidentally from a larger piece when it is being cut:  The pathway was covered with wood chips. ► flake a very thin flat piece of something such as snow or dried food, which breaks easily:  The first flakes of snow were beginning to fall. ► fragment a small piece that has broken off something, especially rock, bone, glass, or metal:  Fragments of glass from the car crash were still on the street. ► shard a sharp piece of broken glass, metal, or pottery:  They found shards of ancient pots buried in the ground. ► chunk a thick piece of something solid that does not have an even shape:  The stew was filled with large chunks of chicken. ► lump a small piece of something solid that does not have a definite shape:  She put a lump of brown sugar in her coffee. ► block a piece of a hard material such as wood or stone with straight sides:  They were using blocks of wood as stools. ► slice a thin flat piece of bread, meat, etc. cut from a larger piece:  Would you like a slice of pie? ► crumb a very small piece of bread, cake, etc.:  She scattered crumbs for the birds. ► sliver a very small thin piece of something:  There was only a sliver of soap left. ► splinter a small sharp thin piece of wood, glass, or metal, especially one that goes into someone’s skin:  He got a splinter in his toe from the old wood floor. 1FOOD [countable usually plural] a)a thin dry flat piece of potato or tortilla cooked in very hot oil and eaten cold:  corn chips and guacamole a bag of potato chips b)British a French fry:  fish and chips2COMPUTER [countable] a)computers a small piece of silicon that has a set of complicated electrical connections on it and is used to store and process information in computers b)the main microprocessor of a computer3MARK [countable] a small crack or mark on a plate, cup, etc. where a piece has broken off: chip in The plate has a chip in it.4PIECE [countable] a small piece of wood, stone, metal, etc., that has broken off something:  chips of plaster wood chips► see thesaurus at piece15have a chip on your shoulder to easily become offended or angry because you think you have been treated unfairly in the past:  Dave’s had a chip on his shoulder since he didn’t get promoted.6be a chip off the old block informal to be like one of your parents in the way you look or behave7when the chips are down spoken in a serious or difficult situation, especially one in which you realize what is really true or important:  He knew how to be tough when the chips were down.8let the chips fall (where they may) to not worry about what the results of a particular action will be:  I decided to tell her my opinion and let the chips fall where they may.9GAME [countable] a small flat colored piece of plastic used in games such as poker and blackjack to represent a particular amount of money10SPORTS (also chip shot) [countable] a hit or kick in golf or soccer that makes the ball go high into the air for a short distance[Origin: Old English cipp, cyp small piece of wood, from Latin cippus sharp post] → see also blue chip, cash in your chips at cash in (3), chocolate chip, cow chip noun | verb chipchip2 verb (chipped, chipping) Verb Table VERB TABLE chip Simple Form Present I, you, we, they chip he, she, it chips Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they chipped Present perfect I, you, we, they have chipped he, she, it has chipped Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had chipped Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will chip Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have chipped Continuous Form Present I am chipping he, she, it is chipping you, we, they are chipping Past I, he, she, it was chipping you, we, they were chipping Present perfect I, you, we, they have been chipping he, she, it has been chipping Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been chipping Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be chipping Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been chipping 1[intransitive, transitive] if something such as a plate chips or if you chip it, a small piece of it breaks off accidentally:  The ball hit him in the face and chipped a tooth.chip off A tiny piece chipped off the tile, when I dropped the skillet.2[transitive] to make a golf or soccer ball go high into the air for a short distancechip (something ↔) away phrasal verb to break small pieces off something hard, especially rock or a similar substance, by hitting it with a tool:  A drill was used to chip away the coal.chip away at Archaeologists were carefully chipping away at the rock.chip away at something phrasal verb to gradually make something less effective or destroy it:  Howe continued to chip away at his opponent’s popularity.chip in phrasal verb1 to give money, help, advice, etc. to add to what other people are giving:  I was thinking we could all chip in $50 and buy Dad a new workbench. Mercer chipped in with 16 points, giving the Eagles an easy win.2 to interrupt a conversation by saying something that adds more detail:  Then I chipped in and said I’d like to go, too.chip off phrasal verb1chip something ↔ off something to break small pieces off something hard, especially rock or a similar substance, by hitting it with a tool:  She tried to chip the ice off the windshield.2chip off (something) if a small piece of something chips off, it breaks off:  The paint was chipping off the wall. A corner of the tile chipped off.
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