1 N-COUNT [usually plural] 炸薯条 Chips are long, thin pieces of potato fried in oil or fat and eaten hot, usually with a meal. 炸薯条 [British]
in AM, use 美国英语用 French fries
2 N-COUNT [usually plural] (作为零食的)炸薯片 Chips or potato chips are very thin slices of fried potato that are eaten cold as a snack. (作为零食的)炸薯片 [US]
in BRIT, use 英国英语用 crisps
3 N-COUNT 芯片;集成电路片 A silicon chip is a very small piece of silicon with electronic circuits on it which is part of a computer or other piece of machinery. 芯片;集成电路片
4 N-COUNT 碎片;碎屑;碎块 A chip is a small piece of something or a small piece which has been broken off something. 碎片;碎屑;碎块
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It contains real chocolate chips.
里面有货真价实的巧克力碎屑。
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He was burning wood chips to make charcoal.
他在用碎木头烧制木炭。
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Teichler's eyes gleamed like chips of blue glass. [+ of]
泰希勒的眼睛像蓝色的玻璃片一样闪亮。
SYN fragment, scrap, shaving, flake
5 N-COUNT (瓷器上的)缺口,豁口;(家具上的)凹坑,瘪儿 A chip in something such as a piece of china or furniture is where a small piece has been broken off it. (瓷器上的)缺口,豁口;(家具上的)凹坑,瘪儿
SYN scratch, nick, flaw, notch
6 V-ERG 削掉,凿落(碎片);剥落 If you chip something or if it chips, a small piece is broken off it. 削掉,凿落(碎片);剥落
SYN nick, damage, gash
7 N-COUNT [usually plural] (用于赌钱的)筹码 Chips are plastic counters used in gambling to represent money. (用于赌钱的)筹码
8 N-COUNT (谈判中的)筹码,讨价还价的资本 In discussions between people or governments, a chip or a bargaining chip is something of value which one side holds, which can be exchanged for something they want from the other side. (谈判中的)筹码,讨价还价的资本
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The information could be used as a bargaining chip to extract some parallel information from Britain.
这个情报可以当作筹码,从英国人那里换取等价的消息。
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He was not expected to be released because he was considered a valuable chip in this game.
估计他不会被释放,因为他是这场较量中的一个重要筹码。
10 PHRASE (性格或行为)酷似父亲(或母亲)的人 If you describe someone as a chip off the old block, you mean that they are just like one of their parents in character or behaviour. (性格或行为)酷似父亲(或母亲)的人
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Her fifth child was born, a son who Sally at first thought was another chip off the old block.
她的第5个孩子降生了,是个儿子;刚开始,萨莉以为这孩子又是跟他父亲一个模子。
11 PHRASE 紧急关头;关键时刻 If you say that something happens when the chips are down, you mean it happens when a situation gets very difficult. 紧急关头;关键时刻 [informal]
12 PHRASE (自我感觉)低人一等,不忿 If you say that someone has a chip on their shoulder, you think that they feel inferior or that they believe they have been treated unfairly. (自我感觉)低人一等,不忿 [informal]
Phrasal verbs: - chip away atchip in
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