tripe

• n. 肚子；內髒；廢話
• n. (Tripe)人名；(塞)特裏佩

來自古法語 tripe,內髒，特指可食用的牛肚，百葉，腸等，詞源不詳，可能借自阿拉伯某詞。

tripe (n.)

c. 1300, from Old French tripe "guts, intestines, entrails used as food" (13c.), of unknown origin, perhaps via Spanish tripa from Arabic therb "suet" [Klein, Barnhart]. Applied contemptuously to persons (1590s), then to anything considered worthless, foolish, or offensive (1892).

1. I've never heard such a load of tripe in all my life.

我一輩子還從沒聽到過這樣一堆廢話。

來自柯林斯例句

2. I don't read that tripe.

我才不看那種無聊的東西呢.

來自辭典例句

3. I can't eat either tripe or liver.

我不吃肚也不吃肝.

來自辭典例句

4. We can have either tripe or liver.

我們可以吃肚或肝.

來自辭典例句

5. I can eat neither tripe nor liver.

我既不吃肚也不吃肝.

來自辭典例句