tripe

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tripe /traɪp/ noun [uncountable]  1  DFthe stomach of a cow or pig, used as food 〔供食用的〕牛肚，猪肚 tripe and onions 洋葱烧牛肚2  especially British English informalUNTRUE something someone says or writes that is stupid or untrue 瞎说[瞎写]的东西；废话，蠢话 What Charles was saying was utter tripe. 查尔斯的那些话完全是胡扯。

Examples from the Corpus

tripe• The use of such meat by-products as heart meat, tongue meat, and tripe is permitted unless prohibited by state law.• Here and there a Roman dish, cabbage cooked with leeks, stuffed dates, tripe in ginger sauce, yuk!• He wondered idly what sort of tripe Hank had written.• I don't waste my time watching the tripe that's on TV.Origin tripe (1300-1400) Old French

tripe nounChinese  

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tripe
tripe /traɪp/ noun [uncountable]1. the stomach of a cow or pig, used as food:
    tripe and onions
2. especially British English informal something someone says or writes that is stupid or untrue:
    What Charles was saying was utter tripe.

tripeBrE /traɪp/ 🔊NAmE /traɪp/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] the lining of a cow's or pig's stomach, eaten as food 食用牛肚（或猪肚）；百叶(informal) something that sb says or writes that you think is nonsense or not of good quality 废话；胡说；拙劣的文章 SYN garbage, rubbish