chipo-lata /.tjipa'laita/ noun
(especially Br£) a small thin SAUSAGE契普拉塔小香肠
chip-per
/'tj'ipa(r)/
adj., noun
■
胃(/Vj/omifl/) cheerful and lively 生气勃勃的
a noun 1 a machine which
cuts wood into very small pieces 木材削片机 2 a device whiqh cuts potatoes into chips/fries 土豆焱机；薯条机 3 (5cof£，/r/s/jf, a
chip shop薯条店
chip-pings /'tjipiriz/ noun
[pi.] (Srf) small pieces of stone or wood碎石；木屑
chippy /'tjipi/ noun, adj.
• noun (also chip-pie) {pi. -ies) (BrE, informal) 1 = chip SHOP 2 = CARPENTER
■
adj. (informal) (of a person A)
getting annoyed or offended easily易怒的；易生气的
'chip shop (also informal chip-py, chip-pie) noun (in
chiro-mancy /'kaireumaensi; NAmE 'kairou-/ noun
[U] the practice of telling what will happen in the future by loolang at the
lines on sb’s palms 手相术 HT?1 palm- istry ► chiro-man-cer /'kair0umaens0(r); NAmE 'kairou-/ noun
chir*opo-dist /ki'njpadist; /V/Amf
ki'raip-/ (especially BrE) (NAmE usually po-dia-trist) noun a person whose job
is the care and treatment of people’s feet 足病诊疗师 chir-opody /ki'rDpadi; NAmE ki'rarp-/ {especially
BrE) usually po.dia.try) now/7 [U】the work of a chiropodist 足病治 +
chiro-prac-tic /.kaisrau'praektik; NAmE -rou-/ noun
[U] the medical profession which involves treating some diseases and
physical problems by pressing and moving the bones in a person’s si>iNE or
joints; the work of a chiropractor按摩（疗法）；脊柱推拿(疗法） chiro-prac-tor /'kaiaraupraekta(r); NAmE -rou-/ noun
a person whose job involves treating some diseases and physical problems by
pressing and moving the bones in a person’s spine
or joints手•疗法医师；脊骨神经科医生
—compare
osteopath
chirp /tj3：p; yv/\/??f tj3：rp/ (also chir-rup /'tjirap/) verb
1
[V] (of small birds and some ins.ects 小鸟会某些M虫）to make short high
sounds吱喳叫；唧唧卩;发啁啾声
2
[V，V speech]
to speak in a lively and cheerful way 轻
松愉快地讲（话）；嘁嘁喳喳地说► chirp (also chirrup) noun
chirpy /'tj3：pi; NAmE 'tj3：rpi/ adj. {informal) lively and
cheerful; in a good mood侖鉍快活的；轻松愉快侖；心
情好的► chirp-ily odv. chirpi.ness now/? [U] chirrup /'tjirap/ verb, noun = chirp chisel /'tjizl/ noun, verb
a noun a tool with a sharp
flat edge at the end, used for shaping wood, stone or metal 凿子；暂子一picture o
TOOL
■
verb (-
chis-elled (BrP) {NAmE chis-eled) /'tjizld/ adj. (of a person’s
face 人的脸部）having clear strong
features 轮 ,鲜明的
chi-square test /,kai 'skwea test; NAmE 'skwer/ noun
{statistics if) a calculation that is used to test how well a set of
data fits the results that were expected according to a theory * X2
检验；卡方检验
chit
/tjit/
noun (fir£) 1 a short
written note, signed by sb, showing an amount of money that is owed, or giving
sb permission to do sth 欠账字据：欠条；（^许 某人去做某事的）便条 2 (o/c/-/(〇5h/o；7ed, a
young woman or girl,
especially one who is thought to
| 335 chock-full
have no respect for older
people (尤指对老人无礼的）
$
丫头;不知礼的年轻女子
'chit-chat
noun [U] [informal) conversation about
things that are not important.闲聊；聊天；闲谈 EECIchat chitter-lings /'tjitaliriz; NAmE
'tjitar-/ noun [pi.] pigJs intestines, eaten as food (食用 > 猪小肠 chiv，al-rous /’Jrvlras/ (of men 男人).polite, kind and
behaving with honour, especially towards women (尤指对女人）彬彬有礼的，殷勤的，体贴的BCE1 gallant ► chiv-al-rous-ly adv. chiv-alry /'JTvalri/ noun
[u] 1 polite and kind behaviour that shows a sense of honour, especially by men
towards women (尤指男人对女人的）彬彬有礼，殷
勤，体贴 2 (in the Middle Ages)
the religious and moral system of behaviour which the perfect knight was expected to follow (中世纪的）骑士制度
chives
/tjarvz/
noun [pi.] the long thin leaves of a plant with purple flowers. Chives
taste like onions and are used to give flavour to food•细香葱，四季葱（长细叶，
开紫色花，味似洋葱）► chive 〇办[only before noun]: a
chive and gariic dressing 细香葱蒜泥调料
chivvy
/'tjivi/
verb (chiv-vies,
chiwy-ing, chiv-vied, chiv- vied) ~ sb (into sth) | 〜sb (along) (8r£) to
try and make sb hurry or do sth quickly, especially when they do not want to do
it 强求；催点：[VN] He chivvied,
them into the car.他催促j也们上;^
. [also VN to inf] chla-mydia /kla'midia/ noun [u] {medical
E) a disease caused by bacteria, which is caught by having sex with an infected
person衣原体病（通过与病患者性交传染）
chloride
/'klorraid/
noun [u,' C] (chem/’stry 化)a
compound of chlorine and another chemical
element 氯化物一see also sodium
chloride chlor-in-ate /'klairmeit/ verb [VN] to put
chlorine in sth, especially water (尤M在冰中）加氯消毒►chlor.in-
ation /.kloiri'neij'n/
noun [U] ： a chlorination plant 消毒$置
chlor-ine /'klorriin/ noun [U] (symb Cl) a chemical element. Chlorine is a
poisonous greenish gas with a strong smell. It is often used in swimming pools
to keep the water clean•氯；氯气
chloro-fluoro-car-bon /.kloirau'fluaraukaiban;
NAmE .kloirou'fluroukairben/ noun (chemistry it) a CFC; a compound containing carbon fluorine and chlorine that is harmful to the ozone layer 氯 氟径； 含氯
氟烃
chloro-form /'klDrafoim; NAmE 'klo:r8fo:rm/ noun
[u] {symb CHCI3) a clear liquid used in
the past in medicine, etc. to make people unconscious, for example before an
operation氯备，三氯甲烷（旧时医用麻醉剂.） chloro-phyll /'klDrafil; NAmE noun [U] the green
substance in plants that
absorbs light from the sun to help them grow 叶绿素一see also photosynthesis chloro-plast /'klDraplaist; NAmE 'kloiraplaest/ noun
{biology 4) the structure in plant cells that contains chlorophyll and in which photosynthesis takes place叶绿体
choc /tjDk; NAmE tjaik/ noun
[BrB, informal) a chocolate 巧克i；;朱古力：a box 0/chocs —盒巧克力糖
choca-hol-ic
=
chocoholic
choccy /'tXDki; NAmE 'tXaiki/ noun
{pi. -ies) [u, C] [BrE,
informal) chocolate; a sweet/candy made of chocolate 巧克力；巧克力糖果：aboxo/choccies -•盒巧克力糖果 'choc ice noun (BrB) a small block of
ice cream covered with chocolate巧克力脆皮冰激凌;紫雪糕
chock-a-block /.tjDk a 'blDk; NAmE .tjaik a
'bla:k/ (also chocka /'tSvkd； NAmE 'tjaika/) adj.
[not before noun] ~ (with sth/sb) (6rf, informaf) very
full of things or people pressed close together 充满；挤满；塞满：The shelves were
chock-a-block with ornaments. ^
了装饰品〇 ◊ was chodc-a-biodc in town today‘(= full of
people).今天城里的人挤得水泄不通。
chock-full /,tjDk 'ful; NAmE ,tja:k/ adj.
[not before noun] 〜(of sth/sb)
(/n/omjfl/) completely full 挤满；充满