chip 1 S2 W3 / tʃɪp / 名词 [可数名词]

1 food

a) British English [通常复数形式] a long thin piece of potato cooked in oil 同义词 French fry American English :

fish and chips

a bag of chips

b) American English [通常复数形式] a thin flat round piece of food such as potato cooked in very hot oil and eaten cold 同义词 crisp British English :

a bag of potato chips

2 computer 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 :

the age of the silicon chip

chip technology

3 piece a small piece of wood, stone, metal etc that has been broken off something :

Wood chips covered the floor of the workshop.

a chocolate chip cookie (= one that contains small pieces of chocolate )

4 mark a small hole or mark on a plate, cup etc where a piece has broken off

chip in

There’s a chip in this bowl.

5 have a chip on your shoulder to easily become offended or angry because you think you have been treated unfairly in the past

6 when the chips are down spoken in a serious or difficult situation, especially one in which you realize what is really true or important :

When the chips are down, you’ve only got yourself to depend on.

7 be a chip off the old block informal to be very similar to your mother or father in appearance or character

8 game [通常复数形式] a small flat coloured piece of plastic used in games such as poker or blackjack to represent a particular amount of money

9 sport ( also chip shot , chip kick ) a hit in golf, or a kick in football or rugby , that makes the ball go high into the air for a short distance

10 have had your chips British English informal to be in a situation in which you no longer have any hope of improvement

→ blue chip , → cash in your chips at cash in ( 3 )