gossip

英['ɡɒsɪp] 美['ɡɑːsɪp]
  • n. 流言蜚语;爱说长道短的人;闲话
  • vi. 散播(流言蜚语)
gossipy gossiper gossiped gossiped gossiping gossips
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星级词汇:
  • gospel n.新约圣经四福书之一;福音;真理
    n. (名词)
    1. 流言蜚语,闲话,街谈巷议
    2. 爱说长道短的人,爱传流言蜚语的人,饶舌者,碎嘴子,爱闲聊的人
    3. 社会新闻,小道传闻
    4. 闲谈,闲聊,聊天
    5. 随笔,漫笔
    6. 密友
    7. 搬弄是非者
    v. (动词)
    1. 聊天,闲聊
    2. 传播流言蜚语
    3. 闲谈是非,搬弄是非,说三道四
    4. 漫谈式地写作
    5. 说闲话
    n. (名词)
    1. [U]流言,闲话 conversation or report about the details of other people's behavior and private lives
    2. [C]爱拨弄是非的人 a person who likes talking about other people's private lives
    3. [C]闲谈,聊天 conversation including gossip
    v. (动词)
    1. vi. 传播流言,说长道短 talk gossip

英英释义

Noun:
  1. light informal conversation for social occasions

  2. a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people;

    "the divorce caused much gossip"

  3. a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others

Verb:
  1. wag one's tongue; speak about others and reveal secrets or intimacies;

    "She won't dish the dirt"

  2. talk socially without exchanging too much information;

    "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"

1. It provided some juicy gossip for a few days.
这制造了一些非常八卦的流言蜚语,足够说上几天的。

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2. We read the gossip written about them with prurient interest.
我们翻看他们的八卦时带着不洁的想法。

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3. The jet-setting couple made frequent appearances in the gossip columns.
这对穿梭于各国的富豪夫妇经常出现在八卦专栏。

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4. There has been much gossip about the possible reasons for his absence.
关于他缺席的原因有很多传言。

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5. Customers pay to log on and gossip with other users.
顾客付费后登录系统和其他用户聊天。

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    用作名词 (n.)
    1. There has been much gossip in political circles.
      政界里有许多流言蜚语。
    2. I loathe people who spread malicious gossip.
      我讨厌那些散布充满恶意的流言蜚语的人。
    3. He's a terrible gossip.
      他专爱说人闲话。
    4. I have no time to engage in gossip.
      我无暇闲聊。
    5. Can you put an end to that kind of gossip?
      你能不能别再说那种闲话?
    6. You call a friendly conversation idle gossip?
      您把友谊的闲谈当作空话吗?
    用作不及物动词 (vi.)
    1. She loves to gossip to her neighbors.
      她喜欢议论邻居们的是非长短。
    2. Don't gossip about a person's right and wrong behind his back.
      不要背地里说别人长短。
    用作名词 (n.)
    1. It's common gossip that they're having an affair.
      大家都说他们之间关系暧昧。
    2. You're nothing but an old gossip!
      你这个专门搬弄是非的老家伙!
    3. She had a good gossip with a neighbor over the garden fence.
      她隔着花园篱笆和邻居聊了很久。
    用作动词 (v.)
    用作不及物动词 S+~(+A)
    1. She can spend a whole day gossiping with her neighbors.
      她能一整天都跟邻居们说长道短。
v. (动词)
  1. gossip用作动词时意思是“说闲话”,指在背后说别人的坏处,其后常接介词about或of。
用作动词 (v.)
gossip about〔of〕( v.+prep. )
    说…的闲话talk about (sb/sth), often spreading stories which may not be true
    gossip about〔of〕 sb

    The widow gossiped about her neighbors.

    这个寡妇说邻居的闲话了。

    The women stood in the market-place, gossiping about this and that.

    那些女人站在集市上说三道四。

用作名词 (n.)
动词+~ 形容词+~ ~+介词
用作动词 (v.)
~+副词 ~+介词