A pippin is a kind of apple, typically a small sweet one. The most famous is Cox’s Orange Pippin, a British apple with a rich taste that cooks and gardeners still praise by name.

A pippin pippin is a kind of apple是一種蘋果 typically a small sweet one通常是小小甜甜的那種 The most famous is Cox's Orange Pippin最有名的是 Cox's Orange Pippin a British apple with a rich taste一種味道濃郁的英國蘋果 that cooks and gardeners still praise by name廚師和園丁到現在還會特別點名稱讚它

The word is old. It comes from an old French word for a seed — the little pip inside the fruit. First it meant the seed, then an apple raised from a seed, and later a named kind of apple.

The word is old這個字很古老 It comes from an old French word for a seed它來自一個古法文裡表示「種子」的字 the little pip inside the fruit也就是水果裡那顆小小的果核 First it meant the seed一開始它指的是種子 then an apple raised from a seed後來變成用種子種出來的蘋果 and later a named kind of apple再後來才變成一種特定命名的蘋果品種

You still see it on fruit boxes and in recipes, though actually in many shops people now just say Cox and drop pippin.

You still see it on fruit boxes and in recipes你還是會在水果箱和食譜上看到這個字 though actually不過其實 in many shops people now just say Cox and drop pippin現在很多店家只說 Cox，把 pippin 省略掉

Older English could call a person a pippin meaning a fine one, the way you might call someone a peach; that use is rare now and a bit playful.

Older English古老一點的英文裡 could call a person a pippin可以把一個人叫做 a pippin meaning a fine one意思是「很棒的人」 the way you might call someone a peach就像你可能會叫某人 a peach，一個寶貝 that use is rare now and a bit playful這種用法現在很少見，帶點俏皮