| 释义 |
chip /chip/ transitive verb (chippˈing; chipped)- To strike with small sharp cutting blows
- To strike or break small pieces off the surface of (also with at)
- To remove by chipping (often with away or off)
- To slice or pare
- To cut as with an adze
- To chaff, tease (informal)
intransitive verb- To become chipped
- To play a chip shot
noun- An act of chipping
- A piece chipped off, esp a flattish fragment
- A small fragment of stone (also chippˈing)
- A surface flaw or mark left when a small piece has been broken off
- A thin slice or small piece of food, eg fruit
- A potato-chip
- A potato crisp (N American)
- A thin strip of wood, used for making boxes, baskets, etc
- A basket or container made in this way
- A small, flat piece of wood, plastic, etc used to represent money in certain games
- A popular name for an integrated circuit, derived from the method of manufacture in which each chip, containing the microcircuit, is made as part of a wafer (also called microchip or silicon chip)
- A piece of money (slang)
- A piece of dried dung of cow or bison
- A hit or kick which sends a ball high into the air over a short distance (sport)
- A chip shot (golf)
- A key on a musical instrument (archaic)
ORIGIN: ME chippen; MLGer, MDu kippen to hatch by chipping shell chippˈer noun - A device that makes chips
- A chip shop (Irish inf)
chippˈie noun (NZ) A potato crisp chippˈing noun chippˈy adjective - Abounding in chips
- Dry as a chip
- Seedy from taking too much alcohol
- Touchy, quarrelsome, aggressive (Can informal)
- Having a chip on one's shoulder (see below; informal)
noun- (also chippˈie) (a meal from) a chip shop (informal)
- See also chips and separate entry chippy1
chips noun (slang) - A carpenter (also chippˈy)
- A regimental pioneer sergeant, usu a carpenter
- Money
plural noun (informal)Fried potato-chips chip and PIN noun A system of payment using a credit or debit card with an integrated microchip, the card-holder entering a personal identification number to authorize the payment chipˈ-based adjective (electronics) (of parts or equipment) using, controlled by or incorporating microchips chip basket noun - A fruit basket of interwoven chips
- A metal basket in which potato-chips are placed for frying
chipˈboard noun - Reconstructed wood made by consolidation of chips from woodland trimmings, workshop waste, etc, with added resin
- A wastepaper cardboard used in box-making
chip carving noun Wood carving by removal of small splinters chip hat noun A hat of palm-leaf strips chip heater noun (Aust and NZ) A type of water-heater that is fuelled by burning chips of wood chipˈset noun (computing) A group of chips that performs particular functions chip shop noun A restaurant selling takeaway meals of fish and chips, etc chip shot noun (golf) A shot, usu from close to the green, giving the ball a low trajectory so that it runs forward on pitching chip in - To enter the game by putting chips on the table (gambling)
- To interpose
- To pay part of the cost of something (informal)
chip off (or origof) the old block Someone with the characteristics of (usu one of) their parents chip on one's shoulder - An aggressively defiant manner, as if daring anyone to knock it off
- Sensitivity or readiness to take offence, usu about a supposed fault or weakness in one's personality or background
- Bitterness, grievance
have had one's chips - To have died
- To have had and lost one's chance
- To have been beaten
when the chips are down At a moment of crisis or critically important time |