microchip
microchip — 名詞
1. a tiny flat piece of silicon that contains many electronic parts joined together
晶片
矽製微小電路元件
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.
今天的每支智慧型手機都含有數以億計的微小晶片。
collocation: contain + microchip for electronic devices
The factory in Taiwan produces microchips for car manufacturers around the world.
台灣的這間工廠為全球汽車製造商生產晶片。
Tunde replaced the broken microchip in the laptop so it would start again.
Tunde 更換了筆電裡壞掉的晶片，讓它能夠重新開機。
Scientists at the lab are designing a new microchip for medical devices.
實驗室的科學家正在為醫療器材設計一種新的晶片。
Without microchips, modern medical equipment like MRI scanners could not function.
沒有晶片，像 MRI 掃描儀這類現代醫療設備就無法運作。
- 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 — 動詞
1. to put a tiny identifying device inside an animal's body so the animal can be lo
植入晶片
在動物皮下植入身分晶片
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.
動物收容所在每隻狗被領養前都會為牠植入晶片。
active voice with institution as subject
Lakshmi took her cat to the vet to get it microchipped for safety.
Lakshmi 帶她的貓去獸醫院植入晶片以確保安全。
causative structure: get + object + microchipped
Many countries now require pet owners to microchip their dogs by law.
許多國家現在依法要求飼主為狗植入晶片。
The rescue team scanned the stray dog and found it was microchipped two years ago.
救援隊掃描那隻流浪狗後，發現牠兩年前就被植入了晶片。
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').