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scuttlebutt

美 [ˈskʌtlbʌt]英 [ˈskʌtlbʌt]
  • n.谣言;流言飞语
scuttlebuttscuttlebutt

noun

U流言飞语;谣言
stories about other people's private lives, that may be unkind or not true

gossip

noun

1
a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people
the divorce caused much gossip
Synonym: gossip comment

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  1. The scuttlebutt in the office is that Tom is going to be fired .

    办公室里有谣言说汤姆要被炒鱿鱼了。

  2. Do you believe that scuttlebutt about Helen having an affair with her boss ?

    你相信关于海伦和她老板有恋情的谣言?

  3. According to crew scuttlebutt , the director tried some funny business last night .

    根据剧组传闻说,导演昨晚试图搞一些不道德的潜规则。

  4. According to the latest office scuttlebutt , our sales manager is planning on marrying our accountant next month .

    最新的办公室流言说,我们的销售经理计划下月和公司的会计结婚。

  5. Scuttlebutt says you 're going out on the yorktown . - that 's right .

    听说你要跟“约克城”号走,-是的。

  6. Scuttlebutt had it we 'd be pulling out before the New Year for the South Pacific . I 'd just received word that another friend had been killed in Europe .

    传闻部队在新年前要开赴南太平洋,而且刚刚听说又有一位朋友在欧洲阵亡。

  7. The scuttlebutt now is that Warner will try to buy EMI from Citigroup , which seized it earlier this year from Terra Firma , another private-equity firm .

    现在的流言是华纳试图从这个早年在陆地上建立起的独立资本集团花旗手中买下EMI。

  8. 3 : Say , have you heard the latest scuttlebutt ? Somebody upstairs has this rumor that we didn 't get that new contract so the company is going to have to lay off at least fifty people .

    他说:嘿,你听到最新小道消息了吗?来自高层的谣言说,我们没争取到那新合同,所以至少必须解雇五十个人。这里的scuttlebutt就是流言蜚语。