chip /ˈʧɪp/
 晶片,薄片,碎片(vt.)削,切,削成碎片,使摔倒,鑿(vi.)碎裂


 chip
 晶片


 chip
 單片微處理機


 chip
 晶片


 Chip v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chipped p. pr. & vb. n. Chipping.]
 1. To cut small pieces from; to diminish or reduce to shape, by cutting away a little at a time; to hew.
 2. To break or crack, or crack off a portion of, as of an eggshell in hatching, or a piece of crockery.
 3. To bet, as with chips in the game of poker.
 To chip in, to contribute, as to a fund; to share in the risks or expenses of. [Slang. U. S.]


 Chip, v. i. To break or fly off in small pieces.


 Chip, n.
 1. A piece of wood, stone, or other substance, separated by an ax, chisel, or cutting instrument.
 2. A fragment or piece broken off; a small piece.
 3. Wood or Cuban palm leaf split into slips, or straw plaited in a special manner, for making hats or bonnets.
 4. Anything dried up, withered, or without flavor; -- used contemptuously.
 5. One of the counters used in poker and other games.
 6. Naut. The triangular piece of wood attached to the log line.
 Buffalo chips. See under Buffalo.
 Chip ax, a small ax for chipping timber into shape.
 Chip bonnet, Chip hat, a bonnet or a hat made of Chip. See Chip, n., 3.
 A chip off the old block, a child who resembles either of his parents. [Colloq.] --Milton.
 Potato chips, Saratoga chips, thin slices of raw potato fried crisp.

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 chip
      n 1: a small fragment of something broken off from the whole; "a
           bit of rock caught him in the eye" [syn: bit, flake,
            fleck, scrap]
      2: a triangular wooden float attached to the end of a log line
      3: a piece of dried bovine dung [syn: cow chip, cow dung, {buffalo
         chip]
      4: a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat [syn: crisp,
          potato chip, Saratoga chip]
      5: a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken
         off of something [syn: check]
      6: a small disk-shaped counter used to represent money when
         gambling [syn: poker chip]
      7: electronic equipment consisting of a small crystal of a
         silicon semiconductor fabricated to carry out a number of
         electronic functions in an integrated circuit [syn: microchip,
          micro chip, silicon chip]
      8: a low running approach shot [syn: chip shot]
      9: the act of chipping something [syn: chipping, splintering]
      v 1: break off (a piece from a whole); "Her tooth chipped" [syn:
           chip off, come off, break away, break off]
      2: cut a nick into [syn: nick]
      3: play a chip shot
      4: form by chipping; "They chipped their names in the stone"
      5: break a small piece off from; "chip the glass"; "chip a
         tooth" [syn: knap, cut off, break off]
      [also: chipping, chipped]