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/pɪp/

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noun

鸟疫, 禽类呼吸道疾病

Any of various respiratory diseases in birds, especially infectious coryza.

Examples :

"The farmer worried when several of his chickens developed the pip, showing symptoms like sneezing and a runny nose. "

当农夫发现好几只鸡得了鸟疫，出现了像打喷嚏和流鼻涕这样的症状时，他开始担心起来。

disease bird animal

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noun

精神萎靡, 情绪低落

Of humans, a disease, malaise or depression.

Examples :

"After weeks of rainy weather and being stuck indoors, a general pip settled over the entire household. "

连着几个星期阴雨连绵，大家都闷在家里，整个家里都笼罩着一种精神萎靡、情绪低落的气氛。

disease mind human

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noun

种子，籽。

A pippin, seed of any kind.

Examples :

"After eating the apple, Maria carefully collected the pip to plant in her garden. "

吃完苹果后，玛丽亚小心地收集了种子，准备种在她的花园里。

seed plant fruit

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noun

极品, 佼佼者

Something or someone excellent, of high quality.

Examples :

""My daughter is a pip at mathematics; she always gets the highest scores in her class." "

我女儿数学是极品，每次考试都是班里最高分。

quality person thing

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noun

Pip Noun (WW I, signalese) P in RAF phonetic alphabet P，英国皇家空军无线电字母P

(WW I, signalese) P in RAF phonetic alphabet.

Examples :

"During World War I, the pilot radioed back "Roger, understand 'Pip' for 'Peter', coordinates received." "

第一次世界大战期间，飞行员用无线电回复说：“收到，明白 ‘Pip’ 代表 ‘Peter’，坐标已收到。”

military communication phonetics language history war

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noun

点数，点子。

One of the spots or symbols on a playing card, domino, die, etc.

Examples :

"The five of diamonds has five pips on it. "

方块五上面有五个点数。

game mark number item

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noun

星, 军衔星

(public service) One of the stars worn on the shoulder of a uniform to denote rank, e.g. of a soldier or a fireman.

Examples :

"The police officer's uniform had two pips on the shoulder, indicating he was a sergeant. "

这位警官的制服肩章上有两颗军衔星，表明他是一名警士。

military police government organization job wear sign

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noun

斑点，点。

A spot; a speck.

Examples :

"The child noticed a tiny pip of dirt on his clean white shirt. "

孩子注意到他干净的白衬衫上有一小点泥土。

appearance mark point

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noun

雷达回波，光点。

A spot of light or an inverted V indicative of a return of radar waves reflected from an object; a blip.

Examples :

"The pilot saw a small pip on the radar screen, indicating another aircraft nearby. "

飞行员在雷达屏幕上看到一个小光点，表明附近有另一架飞机。

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noun

铃兰根芽

A piece of rhizome with a dormant shoot of the lily of the valley plant, used for propagation

Examples :

"The gardener carefully planted each pip of lily of the valley, hoping for a fragrant ground cover in the spring. "

园丁小心翼翼地种下每一株铃兰根芽，希望春天能长出一片芬芳的地被植物。

plant agriculture biology

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verb

险胜，以微弱优势击败

To get the better of; to defeat by a narrow margin

Examples :

"He led throughout the race but was pipped at the post."

他一路领先，却在终点线前被险胜了。

achievement sport outcome

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verb

枪击, 射击

To hit with a gunshot

Examples :

"The hunter managed to pip three ducks from his blind."

猎人在他的隐蔽处成功地枪击了三只鸭子。

weapon military action

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verb

唧唧，吱吱叫

To peep, to chirp

Examples :

"The baby chick started to pip loudly inside its egg, letting us know it was about to hatch. "

小鸡在蛋里开始大声地唧唧叫，告诉我们它就要孵出来了。

sound animal bird nature

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verb

啄壳, 出雏

(avian biology) To make the initial hole during the process of hatching from an egg

Examples :

"The chick began to pip a tiny hole in its shell. "

小鸡开始啄壳，在蛋壳上啄出一个小洞。

biology bird animal process

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noun

提示音，嘟嘟声

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 if he is to continue his call.

Examples :

"The radio announced the hour with a series of six pips before the news began. "

广播在新闻开始前，用六声“嘟嘟”的提示音报时。

sound electronics communication technology signal time

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noun

点，基点

(currency trading) The smallest price increment between two currencies in foreign exchange (forex) trading.

Examples :

"The trader made a profit of 50 pips on the EUR/USD pair today. "

今天这位交易员通过欧元/美元货币对赚了50个点。

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