1. | （木头、玻璃等的）缺口，缺损处the place from which a small piece of wood, glass, etc. has broken from an object |
This mug has a chip in it. 这缸子有个豁口。 |
2. | （木头、玻璃等破损后留下的）碎屑，碎片，碎渣a small piece of wood, glass, etc. that has broken or been broken off an object |
chips of wood 碎木屑 | |
chocolate chip cookies(= biscuits containing small pieces of chocolate) 碎粒巧克力饼干 |
3. | [usupl] 油炸土豆条；炸薯条a long thin piece of potato fried in oil or fat |
All main courses are served with chips or baked potato. 所有的主菜都配有炸土豆条或烤土豆。 |
4. | 油炸土豆片；炸薯片a thin round slice of potato that is fried until hard then dried and eaten cold. Chips are sold in bags and have many different flavours. |
potato chips 炸土豆片 |
5. | （作赌注用的）筹码a small flat piece of plastic used to represent a particular amount of money in some types of gambling |
The release of prisoners was used as a bargaining chip . 释放战俘被用作讨价还价的筹码。 |
6. | （高尔夫球）近穴击球，切削击球；（足球）撮球an act of hitting or kicking a ball high in the air so that it lands within a short distance |
I'm not sure what I'll do when the chips are down. 我拿不准到了关键时刻我会干出些什么事来。 |
I'm not sure what I'll do when the chips are down. 我拿不准到了关键时刻我会干出些什么事来。 |
1. | [t][i] ~ (sth) 打破；弄缺；被损坏to damage sth by breaking a small piece off it; to become damaged in this way |
a badly chipped saucer 破损厉害的碟子 | |
She chipped one of her front teeth. 她锛了一颗门牙。 | |
These plates chip easily. 这些盘子容易破损。 |
2. | [t] ~ sth + adv./prep. 切下，削下，凿下（碎片、屑片）to cut or break small pieces off sth with a tool |
Chip away the damaged area. 把损坏的部分凿掉。 | |
The fossils had been chipped out of the rock. 那些化石已从岩石上被凿了下来。 |
3. | [t][i] ~ (sth) 撮高（球）；近穴击（球）to hit or kick the ball so that it goes high in the air and then lands within a short distance |
4. | [t] ~ potatoes 将（土豆）切条油炸to cut potatoes into long thin pieces and fry them in deep oil |
5. | [t] ~ sth （为辨认而在狗或其他动物的皮下）植入微芯片to put a microchip under the skin of a dog or other animal so that it can be identified if it is lost or stolen |
