chad

IPA/tʃæd/
KK[tʃˈæd]IPA/tʃæd/

chad — noun

  • chadsingular
  • chadsplural

1. a small bit of paper or thin card cut out by a hole punch

1.名詞B2
釋義

a small bit of paper or thin card cut out by a hole punch

例句

Mina brushed the chads off the desk after punching fifty name tags.

brush chads off + surface after punching

A single chad jammed the card reader during the school election.

a chad jammed + machine

同義詞
  • paper scrap

    broader and less exact — it can mean any small leftover piece of paper

  • punch-out

    more technical or manufacturing-oriented than the office and ballot sense of 'chad'

文法句型

a chad + in/on + [machine/ballot]

a tray/pile of chads

hanging chad

用法筆記

Usually countable when you mean one piece or several pieces left by punching holes. In election reporting, a 'hanging chad' is one that is still partly attached to the ballot.

常見錯誤

❌There was chad all over the desk.
✅There were chads all over the desk.
💡when many pieces are scattered around, English normally uses the plural count noun.
❌One chads was stuck in the slot.
✅One chad was stuck in the slot.
💡after 'one', use the singular form.