chip

チップ、集積回路

機器の中で情報を処理したり動作を制御したりする、とても小さな電子部品。

やさしい英語で： A very small electronic part that controls or processes information inside a device.

• The phone needs a new chip.
• This computer uses a powerful memory chip.
• Factories produce millions of chips for electronic devices.

類義語： microchip, integrated circuit

よく使う表現： computer chip, memory chip, silicon chip

ポテトチップス、チップス

ジャガイモなどを薄く切り、揚げたり焼いたりしてパリパリにしたもの。

やさしい英語で： A thin, crisp slice of potato or another food, usually fried or baked.

• Would you like a chip?
• We shared a bag of potato chips.
• She dipped a tortilla chip into the sauce.

類義語： crisp

よく使う表現： potato chip, tortilla chip, bag of chips

フライドポテト

ジャガイモを細長く切って油で揚げ、温かいうちに食べるもの。

やさしい英語で： A long, thin piece of potato cooked in hot oil and eaten hot.

• Would you like some chips?
• We ate fish and chips by the sea.
• These chips need more salt.

類義語： French fry, fry

よく使う表現： a crispy chip, chip shop, chip butty

かけら、切れ端

大きな物から割れたり切り取られたりしてできた小さな部分。

やさしい英語で： A small piece that has broken or been cut off something larger.

• A chip of paint fell onto the floor.
• Tiny wood chips covered his shoes.
• She brushed a metal chip off the table.

使い方： a chip of something (A chip of stone landed near my foot.)

類義語： fragment, splinter

よく使う表現： wood chip, chip of paint, stone chip

欠け、欠けた部分

表面の小さな部分が割れて取れた、傷んだ箇所。

やさしい英語で： A small damaged place where a piece has broken off a surface.

• There is a chip in this cup.
• The plate has two chips along its edge.
• Can you repair the chip in my windscreen?

使い方： a chip in something (I noticed a chip in the glass.)

類義語： nick

よく使う表現： chip in something, small chip, repair a chip

チップ

ポーカーなどのゲームで、お金の代わりに使う小さな札。

やさしい英語で： A small piece used instead of money in games such as poker.

• He put a chip on the table.
• The dealer pushed the chips towards the winner.
• Players exchange their chips for cash after the game.

類義語： token

よく使う表現： poker chip, casino chip, stack of chips

欠けさせる、削り取る

物の表面や端から小さな部分を割って取り除く。

やさしい英語で： To break a small piece off the surface or edge of something.

• Don't chip the plate.
• He chipped a tooth on a hard sweet.
• I chipped the old paint off the window frame.

使い方： chip something off something (She chipped some paint off the door.)

類義語： break a piece off, nick

よく使う表現： chip a tooth, chip the paint, chip something off

欠ける、剥がれる

表面や端の小さな部分が割れて取れる。

やさしい英語で： If a surface or edge does this, small pieces break off it.

• This paint chips easily.
• The cup chipped when I dropped it.
• My nail polish has already chipped.

類義語： flake, flake off

よく使う表現： chip easily, chip at edges