English Dictionary

chip

/t͡ʃɪp/

noun

A small piece broken from a larger piece of solid material. / A damaged area of a surface where a small piece has been broken off. / (games, gambling) A token used in place of cash.

I ate a bag of chips.

意味（1）

A small piece broken from a larger piece of solid material.

The universe is finished; the copestone is on, and the chips were carted off a million years ago.

意味（2）

A damaged area of a surface where a small piece has been broken off.

This cup has a chip in it.

意味（3）

(games, gambling) A token used in place of cash.

If the second player does raise three chips, and all the other players drop, the player who opened may stay in by putting three more chips in the pot, for then he will have put in precisely as many chips as the second player.

意味（4）

(slang, dated) A sovereign (the coin).

意味（5）

(electronics) A circuit fabricated in one piece on a small, thin substrate.

But sources close to the company said the chip contains two direct memory access controllers, two interrupt controllers, a timer, a memory mapper from Texas Instruments, and a Motorola Inc. real-time clock.

意味（6）

(electronics) A hybrid device mounted in a substrate, containing electronic circuitry and miniaturised mechanical, chemical and/or biochemical devices.

Fig. 4(a) shows a schematic design of the micropump chip.

意味（7）

(UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, especially in the plural) A fried strip of potato of square or rectangular cross-section; a french fry.

Do you want sauce or mayonnaise on your chips?

意味（8）

(US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, especially in the plural) A thin, crisp, fried slice of potato, or sometimes another vegetable; a crisp.

they made their own potato chips from scratch, he ate a tortilla chip, served with a side of apple chips

意味（9）

(sports) A shot during which the ball travels more predominantly upwards than in a regular shot, as to clear an obstacle.

Oxlade-Chamberlain saw his attempted chip well blocked by goalkeeper Costanzo at the start of the second half.

意味（10）

(curling) A takeout that hits a rock at an angle.

意味（11）

A dried piece of dung, often used as fuel.

意味（12）

(New Zealand, northern) A receptacle, usually for strawberries or other fruit.

意味（13）

(cooking) A small, near-conical piece of food added in baking.

chocolate chip

意味（14）

A small rectangle of colour printed on coated paper for colour selection and matching. A virtual equivalent in software applications.

意味（15）

(nautical) The triangular piece of wood attached to the log line.

意味（16）

(historical) Wood or Cuban palm leaf split into slips, or straw plaited in a special manner, for making hats or bonnets.

意味（17）

(archaic, derogatory) Anything dried up, withered, or without flavour.

意味（18）

(golf) A low shot that travels further along the ground than it does in the air.