| 词组 | chips |
| 释义 | chips Theme: MONEY n. money.I managed to put away a few chips when I worked for Acme Systems.She saved some chips over the years and bought herself a little place on the beach. Theme: OCCUPATION n. a carpenter. (Also a term of address.)Tell our chips to come up here and put in a new floorboard.Tell me, chips, how fast can you build a coffin? chips Ⅰ noun 1 money US, 1840. 2 the action of looking out or serving as a watchman. If a school boy is smoking a cigarette in the toilet, his friend will 'keep chips' for him SOUTH AFRICA, 2002⇨ See: CHIBS.► get your chipsto be dismissed from employment UK, 1969.► have had your chipsto have been beaten; to be finished or utterly defeated; to have been moved; to have been ruined to have been killed. Ultimately from gambling symbolism UK, 1959.► in the chips1. well funded US, 1842.2. in poker, winning US, 1988.► when the chips are downat the crucial moment US, 1943 Ⅱ ⇨ chibs; chips noun the buttocks US, 1957 Ⅲ ⇨ chips and peas; chips noun the knees. Rhyming slang UK, 1998 chips1. French fries. Primarily heard in the UK. Primarily heard in UK. I'm going to get some fish and chips—would you like anything? 2. slang Money. I don't make enough chips for a new car right now, so this junker will have to do. 3. slang A carpenter. In this usage, the term is often capitalized and used as form of address. Do you think can build what's on this diagram, Chips? chips1. n. money. (see also chip.) She saved some chips over the years and bought herself a little place on the beach. 2. n. a carpenter. (Also a term of address.) Tell me, Chips, how fast can you build a coffin? |
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