广播电视英语短句 第 216 课：美语单词-7

Chips are often used in card games. They represent money. Chips 经常用于卡片游戏。他们代表钱。

A poker player may, at any time, decide to leave the game. 一个玩扑克的人可以决定在任何时候离开游戏。

He will turn in his chips in exchange for money or cash. 他将用筹码换回金钱会现金。

This lead to another meaning, a person who finished or died was said to have cashed in his chips. 这又带来另一个意思 , 一个死了的人被说成已经用它的筹码兑现。

Which is a way of saying it is time for me to finish this program. 这是一种表示方法，到节目结束时间了。