pipped

英 [pɪpt]

美 [pɪpt]

v. 以微弱优势击败; 险胜; 终于战胜
pip的过去分词和过去式

过去式：pipped

（苹果、柑橘、梨等的）种子，籽
Pips are the small hard seeds in a fruit such as an apple, orange, or pear.
VERB 以微弱优势打败；险胜
If someone is pipped to something such as a prize or an award, they are defeated by only a small amount.
1. It's still possible for the losers to be pipped by West Germany for a semi-final place...
  失利者仍有可能在争夺半决赛权时被西德队击败。
2. She pipped actress Meryl Streep to the part.
  她击败女演员梅丽尔·斯特里普，拿到了这个角色。
（英国广播中的）报时信号
In Britain, the pips on the radio are a series of short, high-pitched sounds that are used as a time signal.
（英国公用电话提示需要投入硬币时的）嘟嘟声
In Britain, when you make a telephone call from a public telephone, the pips are a signal that you need to put in more money.
PHRASE （在竞赛等中）于最后一刻击败，险胜
If someone is pipped at the post or pipped to the post they are just beaten in a competition or in a race to achieve something.
1. I didn't want us to be pipped to the post.
  我不希望我们在最后一刻落败。

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It's still possible for the losers to be pipped by West Germany for a semi-final place
失利者仍有可能在争夺半决赛权时被西德队击败。
She pipped actress Meryl Streep to the part.
她击败女演员梅丽尔·斯特里普，拿到了这个角色。
I didn't want us to be pipped to the post.
我不希望我们在最后一刻落败。
The womenswear designer pipped Alexander McQueen and Stella McCartney to the Best Brand award and no one could be more thrilled at her incredible achievements in the fashion industry than her proud husband.
女装设计师亚历山大麦昆和斯特拉麦卡特尼为她颁发最佳品牌奖，获得时尚界这项无与伦比的成就，没有人比她的丈夫更为她骄傲自豪了。
In 1997 it pipped Motorola to become a global Olympic sponsor.
1997年，它以微弱优势击败了摩托罗拉，成了全球性奥运赞助商。
We didn't win the contractWe were pipped at the post by a firm whose price was lower.
我们未得到那份合同的生意，最后是让一家出价低的公司击败了我们。
We both wanted the promotion but I was pipped at the postby the other candidate.
我们都希望得到提拔，但最终我被另一候选人击败了。
They nearly offered me the job, but I was pipped at the post by a younger candidate.
他们差一点给我这个工作机会，但在最后一刻我被一位更年轻的候选人击败了。
Even the feathers, such as pipped eggs.
连羽毛都吃，比如毛蛋。