microchip
microchip — noun
1. a tiny flat piece of silicon that contains many electronic parts joined together
a tiny flat piece of silicon that contains many electronic parts joined together as one circuit, allowing computers, phones, and other machines to process information and perform tasks.
Every smartphone today contains hundreds of millions of tiny microchips.
collocation: contain + microchip for electronic devices
The factory in Taiwan produces microchips for car manufacturers around the world.
Tunde replaced the broken microchip in the laptop so it would start again.
Scientists at the lab are designing a new microchip for medical devices.
Without microchips, modern medical equipment like MRI scanners could not function.
- chip
shorter, informal form; common in everyday speech
- integrated circuit
the full technical term; used in engineering contexts
- semiconductor
broader term for the material; a microchip is made from semiconductor material but the words are not interchangeable
常見錯誤
microchip — verb
1. to put a tiny identifying device inside an animal's body so the animal can be lo
to put a tiny identifying device inside an animal's body so the animal can be located and reunited with its human family in case it strays from home.
The animal shelter microchips every dog before it is adopted.
active voice with institution as subject
Lakshmi took her cat to the vet to get it microchipped for safety.
causative structure: get + object + microchipped
Many countries now require pet owners to microchip their dogs by law.
The rescue team scanned the stray dog and found it was microchipped two years ago.
文法句型
microchip + object
have/get + object + microchipped
用法筆記
Commonly used in the passive or after causative verbs like 'get' and 'have'. The active form is less frequent and usually appears in formal or legal contexts (e.g., 'the law requires owners to microchip their pets').