1
- a small hard seed in a fruit核, 籽。
1.1
- S. African the stone of soft fruits such as peaches and plums〈南非〉（桃子、李子等软水果的）果仁, 果核。
短语
squeeze someone until the pips squeak
- Brit. informal extract the maximum amount of money from someone〈英, 非正式〉（最大量地）敲诈, 诈取（钱）。
派生词
pipless
adjective词源
late 18th cent.: abbreviation of PIPPIN.
(一般作the pips)
- Brit. a short high-pitched sound used especially to indicate the time on the radio or to instruct a caller using a public telephone to insert more money〈英〉短而尖的声音（尤指无线电报时信号或公用电话提醒再次投币的信号）。
词源
early 20th cent.: imitative.
1
- a small shape or symbol, in particular小形体, 小符号, 尤指：
1.1
- Brit. a star (1-3 according to rank) on the shoulder of an army officer's uniform〈英〉（军官制服肩章上表示等级的）星。
1.2
- any of the spots on a playing card, dice, or domino（扑克、骰子、骨牌上的）点。
1.3
- an image of an object on a radar screen（雷达显示屏上的）反射点, 尖头信号。
词源
late 16th cent. （originally peep, denoting each of the dots on playing cards, dice, and dominoes）： of unknown origin.
mass noun
- a disease of poultry or other birds causing thick mucus in the throat and white scale on the tongue（禽或鸟的）舌喉炎。
短语
give someone the pip
- informal,dated make someone angry or depressed〈非正式, 旧〉使人生气; 使人沮丧。
词源
late Middle English: from Middle Dutch pippe, probably from an alteration of Latin pituita 'slime'. In the late 15th cent. the word came to be applied humorously to unspecified human diseases, and later to ill humour.
Brit. informal <英, 非正式>
(pipped, pipping)with obj.(一般作be pipped)
1- defeat by a small margin or at the last moment（微弱优势或最后时刻）击败, 打败：
you were just pipped for the prize.
在争夺该奖项过程中你以微弱劣势败北。
1.1
- dated hit or wound (someone) with a gunshot〈旧〉（用枪）击中, 射伤。
短语
pip someone at （或to） the post
- defeat someone at the last moment（最后时刻）击败, 打败。
词源