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a chad
用作可数名词单数。
A chad was left on the ballot.
一张孔屑留在了选票上。
乍得
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
乍得
A country in north-central Africa; formerly a French colony.
A chad was left on the ballot.
一张孔屑留在了选票上。
打孔产生的碎纸片,如选票、纸带、穿孔卡等。
Small pieces of paper punched out from the edges of continuous stationery, or from ballot papers, paper tape, punched cards, etc.
打孔卡或纸带上应被移除的小纸屑
a small piece of paper that is supposed to be removed when a hole is punched in a card or paper tape
(上述)一张小纸片。
One of these pieces of paper.
非洲中北部的一个湖泊；由沙里河补给
a lake in north central Africa; fed by the Shari river
After using the hole puncher, I swept the chads off the desk.
用完打孔机后，我把孔屑从桌上扫走。
The old computer's punch card reader sometimes jammed because of a stuck chad.
旧计算机的穿孔卡读卡器有时会因孔屑卡住而堵塞。
She collected the colorful chads from the paper punch to use in her collage.
她收集了纸打孔器打出的彩色孔屑，用于她的拼贴画。
用作可数名词单数。
A chad was left on the ballot.
一张孔屑留在了选票上。
复数形式。
Many chads were found after the vote.
投票后发现许多孔屑。
如 hanging chad（悬挂孔屑）是选举中的特定术语。
The hanging chad sparked a recount.
悬挂的孔屑引发了重新计票。
Not this
There is a lot of chad on the floor.
Use this
There are a lot of chads on the floor.
“chad”是可数名词，表示单个孔屑；多个孔屑应用复数形式“chads”。
Not this
I chad the card.
Use this
I punched a hole in the card, creating a chad.
“chad”是名词，不可用作动词；应使用“punch a hole”或“create a chad”等表达。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
悬垂孔屑（一角仍未脱离卡片的孔屑）
The 2000 U.S. election made the term 'hanging chad' famous.
2000年美国总统选举让“悬垂孔屑”一词出了名。
凹痕孔屑（被顶凹但未穿透的孔屑）
Officials argued whether a dimpled chad should count as a vote.
官员们争辩凹痕孔屑是否应算作一票。
选票孔屑
In punch-card voting, a ballot chad is the small piece punched out of the card.
在打孔卡投票中，选票孔屑是从卡片上打下来的小纸片。
乍得湖
Lake Chad lies in the Sahel region of central Africa.
乍得湖位于非洲中部的萨赫勒地区。
乍得共和国
The Republic of Chad is also simply called Chad.
乍得共和国也简称为乍得。
Use Chad naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
记法：C-H-A-D 可拆成 Card Hole And Debris——卡片打孔后洞边掉下的碎屑，就是 chad。
语域：mixed 常见场景：printing and ballot processing、geography and international news Chad 作为普通名词（小纸屑）通常用于印刷、打孔卡和选票统计等较技术性的场合，多写作小写 chad；作为专有名词（乍得/乍得湖）则比较常见于地理、新闻等一般语境。具体选择取决于上下文和大小写。
常以复数形式出现，指打孔时产生的纸屑
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