Blue-chip companies, and blue-chip shares, are the big, solid names people treat as safer: they usually make a profit, they have been around a long time, and investors do not see them as a wild gamble. It is business and newspaper English.

Blue-chip companies, and blue-chip sharesblue-chip companies和blue-chip shares, are the big, solid names people treat as safer是那些人們認為比較安全的大型、穩健的名號: they usually make a profit它們通常有賺錢, they have been around a long time已經存在很久了, and investors do not see them as a wild gamble投資人不會把它們看成是亂賭一把. It is business and newspaper English這是商業和報紙用的英文

Though actually, "safe" here does not mean "cannot fall"; even a famous company can have a bad year.

Though actually, "safe" here does not mean "cannot fall"不過實際上，這裡的「safe」不是說「不會跌」; even a famous company can have a bad year就算是有名的公司也可能碰上壞年頭

The picture comes from poker, where the blue chips were once the ones worth the most. From the card table it moved to the stock market.

The picture comes from poker這個說法的畫面來自撲克牌, where the blue chips were once the ones worth the most在那裡藍色籌碼曾經是價值最高的. From the card table it moved to the stock market從牌桌走進了股票市場

People now also stretch it to anything seen as top quality — a blue-chip athlete, a blue-chip university — but the first meaning you will meet is still the trusted company or its shares.

People now also stretch it to anything seen as top quality現在人們也把這個詞用得更寬，指任何被看成頂尖的東西 — a blue-chip athlete, a blue-chip universitya blue-chip athlete頂尖運動員、a blue-chip university頂尖大學 — but the first meaning you will meet is still the trusted company or its shares但你最先會遇到的意思，還是那種值得信賴的公司或它的股票