gossip
- n.流言蜚语;闲聊;闲言碎语;说长道短;爱说长道短(或说三道四)的人;喜欢传播流言蜚语的人
- vi.说三道四;说长道短;传播流言蜚语
复数： gossips 派生词： gossipy adj. 现在分词： gossiping 过去分词： gossiped 第三人称单数： gossips
gossipnoun
流言飞语；闲言碎语
informal talk or stories about other people's private lives, that may be unkind or not true
Don't believe all the gossip you hear.
别对那些道听途说都信以为真。
Tell me all the latest gossip !
把最新的小道消息都讲给我听听吧！
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。
It was common gossip (= everyone said so) that they were having an affair.
大家议论纷纷说他们之间关系暧昧。
She's a great one for idle gossip (= she enjoys spreading stories about other people that are probably not true) .
她很喜欢说别人闲话。
说长道短；闲聊
a conversation about other people and their private lives
I love a good gossip.
我喜欢闲聊天。
喜欢传播流言飞语的人；爱说长道短（或说三道四）的人
a person who enjoys talking about other people's private lives
a gossipy letter/neighbour
闲聊式的信；爱说三道四的邻居
verb
V传播流言飞语；说三道四；说长道短
to talk about other people's private lives, often in an unkind way
I can't stand here gossiping all day.
我不能整天站在这儿闲聊啊。
She's been gossiping about you.
她一直在说你的闲话。
These are all words for a conversation about sth.以上各词均表示交谈、谈论。
a detailed conversation about sth that is considered to be important 指讨论、谈论、商讨认为重要的事情：
Discussions are still taking place between the two leaders.
两位领导人仍在进行讨论。
a talk, usually a private or informal one, involving two people or a small group; the activity of talking in this way 通常指私下的或非正式的交谈、谈话：
a telephone conversation
电话交谈
conversations in a book, play or film dialogue亦指两个团体间为解决问题或结束争端进行的正式对话、讨论、交换意见：
The novel has long descriptions and not much dialogue.
这部小说描述多、对话少。
The President told waiting reporters there had been a constructive dialogue.
总统告诉等候的记者，刚才进行了一次富有建设性的对话。
a conversation or discussion, often one about a problem or sth important for the people involved 常指就某个问题或对有关人员重要的事情进行的交谈、谈话、讨论、商讨：
I had a long talk with my boss about my career prospects.
我和老板就我的事业前景进行了一次长谈。
a formal discussion between groups of people before a decision is made about sth 指团体间在决策前进行的咨询、商讨、磋商：
There have been extensive consultations between the two countries.
两国之间进行了广泛磋商。
a friendly informal conversation; informal talking指友好的非正式谈话、聊天
a conversation about other people and their private lives 指关于他人或其私生活的闲谈、闲聊、说长道短：
We had a good gossip about the boss.
我们讲了一会儿老板的闲话。
gossip
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N-UNCOUNT 流言蜚语；小道消息；闲话
Gossip is informal conversation, often about other people's private affairs.He spent the first hour talking gossip...
他头一个小时都在闲聊。
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V-RECIP 闲聊；说长道短
If you gossip with someone, you talk informally, especially about other people or local events. You can also say that two people gossip .We spoke, debated, gossiped into the night...
我们交谈着，争论着，闲聊着，一直持续到晚上。
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N-COUNT 爱说长道短的人
If you describe someone as a gossip, you mean that they enjoy talking informally to people about the private affairs of others.He was a vicious gossip.
他总是喜欢说别人的坏话。
noun
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- light informal conversation for social occasions
- Synonym: chitchat chit-chat chit chat small talk gab gabfest tittle-tattle chin wag chin-wag chin wagging chin-wagging causerie
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- a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people
- the divorce caused much gossip
- Synonym: comment scuttlebutt
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- a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others
- Synonym: gossiper gossipmonger rumormonger rumourmonger newsmonger
verb
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- talk socially without exchanging too much information
- the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze
- Synonym: chew the fat shoot the breeze chat confabulate confab chitchat chit-chat chatter chaffer natter jaw claver visit
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- wag one's tongue;speak about others and reveal secrets or intimacies
- She won't dish the dirt
- Synonym: dish the dirt
数据来源：WordNet
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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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That might merely have been malicious gossip
那也许仅仅是些不怀好意的流言蜚语罢了。
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She 's a great one for idle gossip .
她很喜欢说别人闲话。
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I 've got some hot gossip for you !
我要告诉你一些最新的传闻！
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Gossip and speculation are constantly fed to us by the media .
媒体不断把流言飞语和猜测臆断灌输给我们。
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We had a good gossip about the boss .
我们讲了一会儿老板的闲话。
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I love a good gossip .
我喜欢闲聊天。
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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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We are constantly fed gossip and speculation by the media .
媒体不断给我们灌输流言飞语和猜测臆断。
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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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It was malicious gossip , completely without substance .
这是恶意造谣，完全没有事实根据。
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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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I can 't stand here gossiping all day .
我不能整天站在这儿闲聊啊。
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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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Los Angeles is rife with gossip about the stars ' private lives .
洛杉矶盛传明星私生活的流言飞语。
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The newspaper reports are a mixture of gossip , lies and half-truths .
报纸的这些报道尽是些流言飞语、谎言和真假参半的内容。
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Royal gossip is a staple of the tabloid press .
围绕王室成员的飞短流长是小报的主要内容。
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She despised gossip in any form .
她对任何形式的流言飞语都嗤之以鼻。
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This story will be more fodder for the gossip columnists .
这个传闻会是闲谈专栏作家的又一素材。
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She kept them plentifully supplied with gossip .
她不断向他们散播大量的流言飞语。
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She 's been gossiping about you .
她一直在说你的闲话。
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Don 't you like a good gossip ?
你不想好好地聊聊吗？
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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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What frightful gossips people are , even one 's best friends .
人们最爱散布流言蜚语，哪怕是自己最好的朋友也不例外。
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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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In our absence the office gossips are probably having a field day
我们不在的时候，办公室里大概谣言四起了吧。
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It vexed me to think of others gossiping behind my back
一想到别人在背后说我闲话，我就很恼火。
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Gossips made a big thing about him going on shopping trips with her
风言风语把他和她出去购物这件事闹得沸沸扬扬。
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He spent the first hour talking gossip
他头一个小时都在闲聊。
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He and his father , according to local gossip , haven 't been in touch for years .
当地风传，他和父亲已多年未联系了。
指背后谈论他人的行为或隐私。
She loves to gossip about her neighbours.
她喜欢议论邻居们的是非长短。
People have started to gossip about them.
人们已经开始说他们的闲话了。
既指闲谈，也指背后谈论他人的隐私。
They were tattling about pets endlessly.
他们在没完没了地谈论宠物。
Some women like tattling on others.
有些妇女喜欢说别人的闲话。