gossip
gossip 英 [ˈgɒsɪp] 美 [ˈgɑsɪp]
n. 流言蜚语；闲言碎语 vi. 闲聊；说三道四；说长道短
进行时:gossiping 过去式:gossipped 过去分词:gossipped 第三人称单数:gossips 名词复数:gossips
- Gossip is conversation that's light, informal, and usually about other people's business. It can be fun to gossip about others, but no one likes it when they're the subject of gossip.
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- n. 流言蜚语；闲言碎语
- vi. 闲聊；说三道四；说长道短
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1. Don't believe all the gossip you hear.
别对那些道听途说都信以为真。
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2. Tell me all the latest gossip!
把最新的小道消息都讲给我听听吧！
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3. The gossip was that he had lost a fortune on the stock exchange.
有小道消息说他在股票交易中赔了一大笔钱。
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4. It was common gossip that they were having an affair.
大家议论纷纷说他们之间关系暧昧。
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5. I love a good gossip.
我喜欢闲聊天。
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6. a gossipy letter, a gossipy neighbour
闲聊式的信；爱说三道四的邻居
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7. I can't stand here gossiping all day.
我不能整天站在这儿闲聊啊。
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8. She's been gossiping about you.
她一直在说你的闲话。
- gossip (n.) Old English godsibb "sponsor, godparent," from God + sibb "relative" (see sibling). Extended in Middle English to "a familiar acquaintance, a friend, neighbor" (c. 1300), especially to woman friends invited to attend a birth, later to "anyone engaging in familiar or idle talk" (1560s). Sense extended 1811 to "trifling talk, groundless rumor." Similar formations in Old Norse guðsifja, Old Saxon guþziff.
- gossip (v.) "to talk idly about the affairs of others," 1620s, from gossip (n.). Related: Gossiped; gossiping.
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