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pips in [fruit]
（名词）pip 指苹果、橙子等水果里的硬小籽，常用复数 pips。
There are a lot of pips in these oranges.
这些橙子里有很多籽。
禽鸟舌喉炎
pips — plural of pip
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
禽鸟舌喉炎
a disease of poultry
There are a lot of pips in these oranges.
这些橙子里有很多籽。
Any of various respiratory diseases in birds, especially infectious coryza.
One of the spots or symbols on a playing card, domino, die, etc.
短促的电子音(如倒计时或投币提示音)
One of a series of very short, electronically produced tones, used, for example, to count down the final few seconds before a given time or to indicate that a caller using a payphone needs to make further payment to continue the call.
外汇交易中的最小价格变动单位
The smallest price increment between two currencies in foreign exchange (forex) trading.
She carefully removed the pips from the apple before making the pie.
她做苹果派前，小心地把苹果籽剔了出来。
He jokingly spat the watermelon pips into the garden.
他开玩笑地把西瓜籽吐到园子里。
The children counted the pips in their slices of orange.
孩子们数着自己那瓣橙子里的籽。
（名词）pip 指苹果、橙子等水果里的硬小籽，常用复数 pips。
There are a lot of pips in these oranges.
这些橙子里有很多籽。
（动词，英国英语）表示在最后关头以微弱优势击败对手，常用于比赛或名次争夺。
She pipped her rival at the post for the gold medal.
她在最后一刻险胜对手，夺得金牌。
（动词）表示去掉水果的籽，多见于烹饪说明。
Pip the grapes before adding them to the salad.
把葡萄去籽后再放进沙拉。
Not this
I swallowed a peach pip.
Use this
I swallowed a peach stone.
pip 只指苹果、橙子等水果里的小籽；桃、杏、李这类水果的大硬核应叫 stone（美式英语说 pit）。不要把所有“核/籽”都错译成 pip。
Not this
Our team was pipped in the post by a last-minute goal.
Use this
Our team was pipped at the post by a last-minute goal.
pip someone at the post 是固定习语，意思是“在最后关头以极小差距击败某人”，介词固定用 at，不用 in。这里 in the post 不符合习语搭配，应改为 at the post。
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苹果籽
She always removes the apple pips before giving the fruit to her toddler.
她总是在把苹果给幼儿之前去掉苹果籽。
橙子籽
The orange pips are small but very bitter.
橙子籽虽小，但很苦。
去掉籽
Remove the pips from the apples before making the pie.
做苹果派之前要先去籽。
吐出籽
He ate the grapes and spat out the pips.
他吃葡萄时把籽吐了出来。
感到不适；有点小毛病
I think I have the pip – I feel a bit off today.
我想我有点不舒服——今天感觉不太对劲。
在最后关头险胜某人；以微弱优势击败某人
He pipped his rival at the post to win the gold medal.
他以微弱优势险胜对手，夺得金牌。
使某人心烦；惹恼某人
His constant whistling really gives me the pip.
他不停吹口哨真让我心烦。
Use pips naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
p-i-p 三个字母像三粒小籽：果仁是小 pip，禽鸟小病也叫 pip；被 pipped 就是被击败。
语域：mixed 常见场景：everyday talk about fruit seeds、informal conversation about a minor illness、veterinary or poultry farming 作名词时语域随义项变化：表示‘果仁/籽’最常用且偏中性；表示‘小毛病’多用于非正式口语；表示‘禽鸟舌喉炎’则比较常见于兽医或养殖等专业语境。建议先掌握‘果仁/籽’这一日常义。
这些词都以 /ɪp/ 结尾，和 pip 押韵。注意：pipe 虽然拼写相近，但读作 /paɪp/，不押韵。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.