3piece 片,块PIECE a small piece of wood, stone, metal etc that has been broken off something 〔木、石、金属等的〕碎片,碎屑
Wood chips covered the floor of the workshop.
工场的地板上满是木屑。
a chocolate chip cookie (=one that contains small pieces of chocolate)
碎粒巧克力饼干
4mark 痕迹MARK a small hole or mark on a plate, cup etc where a piece has broken off 〔物品碰损后留下的〕豁口,缺口
chip in
There’s a chip in this bowl.
这只碗有个缺口。
5.have a chip on your shoulderUNFAIRto easily become offended or angry because you think you have been treated unfairly in the past 〔因受过委屈而〕好争吵,好生气;记恨
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have a chip on your shoulder• In some cases folks are just mad and have a chip on their shoulder.• The Doyle kid has had a chip on his shoulder ever since his mom and daddivorced.
6when the chips are downspokenSERIOUS SITUATION in a serious or difficult situation, especially one in which you realize what is really true or important 在重要关头,在紧急时刻
When the chips are down, you’ve only got yourself to depend on.
到了紧急关头就只有靠自己了。
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when the chips are down• When the chips were down, you felt he could handle the situation.• As you know, when the chips are down Leslie Bence comes out fighting.• It is disappointing to find that, when the chips are down, your paper is no better than the rest.• The implication, they fear, is that when the chips are down it is only rationalhumanbeings that really matter.
7.be a chip off the old blockinformalLIKE/SIMILAR to be very similar to your mother or father in appearance or character 〔外貌或性格〕酷似父亲[母亲]
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be a chip off the old block• "That daughter of yours has a great sense of humour." "Yes, I like to think she's a chip off the old block!"
8.game 游戏 [usually plural]DGG a small flat coloured piece of plastic used in games such as poker or blackjack to represent a particular amount of money 〔用于赌钱的〕筹码
9.sport 体育运动 (also chip shot, chip kick)DS a hit in golf, or a kick in football or rugby, that makes the ball go high into the air for a short distance 〔高尔夫球的〕短切;〔足球或橄榄球的〕高球
10.have had your chipsBritish EnglishBrE informalSERIOUS SITUATION to be in a situation in which you no longer have any hope of improvement 失势;完蛋
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have had your chips• Is not this subject wholly appropriate for the Minister, because his Government have had their chips?
fish and chips• The first-term legislator, owner of a fish and chipsshop, was elected with no particular platform.• There was always fish and chips.• That's the best fish and chips I've ever had.• But fish and chips are, I would suggest, virtually impossible to sling.• We will send out for fish and chips.• The money from the kettle would buy him fish and chips, popcorn and a seat at the pictures.• They all trooped in, eating their fish and chips, and clustered around the bed.
chip in• Oh, the plate has a chip in it.• We all chipped in to pay for the food and wine.• Electronicsfirm Compol chipped in with over $20,000.• When Mona retired, all her co-workerschipped in and bought her a lovelydinner service.
1accidentally break (STH) 不小心打碎(某物) [intransitiveI, transitiveT]BREAK if you chip something, or if it chips, a small piece of it breaks off accidentally 打破,弄缺
Gary fell and chipped one of his front teeth.
加里摔了一跤,磕掉一颗门牙。
He chipped a bone in his knee and was carried off the pitch.
2remove STH 移去某物 [intransitiveI, transitiveT always + adverbadv/prepositionprep] to remove something, especially something hard that is covering a surface, by hitting it with a tool so that small pieces break off 铲掉,凿下
Archaeologists were carefully chipping away at the rock.
考古学家正小心地在岩石上铲凿。
Chip out the plaster with a steel chisel.
用钢凿子铲掉那些灰泥。
3sport 体育运动 [transitiveT]DS to hit a golf ball or kick a football or a rugby ball so that it goes high into the air for a short distance 〔高尔夫球〕短切〔球〕;〔足球或橄榄球〕踢〔高球〕
United scored just before half-time when Adcock cleverly chipped the ball over the keeper.
就在上半场即将结束前,阿德科克巧妙地把球挑过守门员,为联队得了一分。
4.potatoes 马铃薯 [transitiveT]British EnglishBrEDFC to cut potatoes into thin pieces ready to be cooked in hot oil 把〔马铃薯〕切成小片[条]
n5.microchip [transitiveT]British EnglishBrE to put a microchip in an animal, person, or thing to identify or give information about them
6chip away at somethingphrasal verbphr vEFFECTIVEto gradually make something less effective or destroy it 〔逐步〕削弱;〔不断〕损害
Writers such as Voltaire and Diderot were chipping away at the foundations of society.
像伏尔泰和狄德罗这样的作家在一点一滴地动摇社会的根基。
Fears about the future chipped away at her sense of well-being.
对未来的担忧慢慢地淡化了她的幸福感。
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chip away at • From the breakersbeyond, nightmarethoughtschipped away at her security.• The dismantling began on the night of November 9 as hundreds of Berliners chipped away at some of the more decorativechunks.• Oystercatchers may wedge the shells into a crevice and chip away at the lip.• The best rewritingmethod in this case is the simplest: by correcting one problem you chip away at the others.• Meanwhile, his defenselawyerschipped away at the prosecution's arguments.• In like manner, but without the risk, Bloomsbury chipped away at the standards inherited from Victorians.• In therapy, we chip away at this, bit by bit.• For several weeks now he had been chipping away at this problem of finding Elsie, slowly nagging it into submission.
chip in (with) something• Last week the defence minister, Sabahattin Cakmakog, chipped in.• The clocksclick like chips in a casino, piled to a wobblytower.• The knife-blade was dull; it cut only because it was chipped in enough places for it to be saw-toothed, jagged.• They should all chip in like smartbusinessmen and pay the fiddler.• Intel controls about three-fourths of the market for the mainchips inpersonal computers.• Man, the thing worked, had a nicekick; it sentbits of chimneychipping insharpspinningchunks.• In December he agreed that he would chip in the same amount.• Richard Illingworth chipped in with the next wicket - Stephenson trapped leg before sweeping.
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chip• They bring a back over some times to chip a guy.• The ball hit him in the face and chipped a tooth.• He fell off his bike and chipped his front tooth.• He could chip his golf ball with precision and was an astutereader of tricky greens, especially on long putts.• In December he agreed that he would chip in the same amount.• Parents, pupils and staff all chipped in to help collect the cash for a new bus for Eastbourne school.• Last week the defenceminister, Sabahattin Cakmakog, chipped in.• He chipped on calmly and got his par-4.• If you don't load the dishwasher right, it might chip some of the cups.• She tried to chip the ice off the windshield.
1 (also silicon chip) [countableC]COMPUTING a small electronic device, used in a computer to store information, organize the computer’s operating system, run programs etcSYN MICROCHIP
Each chip can hold 100 times the information contained on a standard magnetic-stripe card.