Chip



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GRE 红宝书

• n.薄片, 碎屑
• ［英］ n.薄片, 碎屑 ( a small piece from the surface or edge)
• ［类］ chip : stone / shard : glass ( 石头碎片和石头 / 玻璃碎片和玻璃)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English; akin to Old English -cippian
• Date: 14th century
• 1.
  • a. a small usually thin and flat piece (as of wood or stone) cut, struck, or flaked off
  • b. a small piece of food: as
    • (1) a small thin slice of food; especially potato chip
    • (2) french fry
    • (3) a small cone-shaped bit of food often used for baking <chocolate chips
• 2. something small, worthless, or trivial
• 3.
  • a. one of the counters used as a token for money in poker and other games
  • b. plural money — used especially in the phrase in the chips
  • c. something valuable that can be used for advantage in negotiation or trade bargaining chip
• 4. a piece of dried dung — usually used in combination<cow chip
• 5. a flaw left after a chip has been broken off
• 6.
  • a. integrated circuit
  • b. a small wafer of semiconductor material that forms the base for an integrated circuit
• 7. chip shot 1

II. verb (chipped; chipping)

• Etymology: Middle English chippen, from Old English -cippian (as in forcippian to cut off); akin to Old English cipp beam, Old High German chipfa stave
• Date: 15th century
• transitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. to cut or hew with an edged tool
    • b.
      • (1) to cut or break (a small piece) from something
      • (2) to cut or break a fragment from <chip a tooth
      • (3) to cut into chips <chip a tree stump
  • 2. British chaff, banter
  • 3. to hit (a return in tennis) with backspin
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to break off in small pieces
  • 2. to play a chip shot

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