mid-15c., from drip (v.). The slang meaning "stupid, feeble, or dull person" is first recorded 1932, perhaps from earlier American English slang sense "nonsense" (1919).
drip (v.)
c. 1300, perhaps from Middle Danish drippe, from Proto-Germanic *drup- (cognates: Dutch druipen, German triefen), from PIE root *dhreu-. Related to droop and drop. Old English had cognate drypan "to let drop," dropian "fall in drops," and dreopan "to drop." Related: Dripped; dripping.
权威例句
1. He is on a saline drip.
他正在输盐水.
2. The faucet has developed a drip.
那个水龙头已经开始滴水了.
3. Everything he said drip ped acid.
他的话里字字句句都带着刺.
4. I hate this sort of drip.
我讨厌这种无聊的闲话.
5. I had a bad attack of pneumonia and spent two days in hospital on a drip.