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)

双解释义

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

详尽释义

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

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"
   

例句

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。

常见句型

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。

经典引文

• Edgar is a dreadful gossip..I recommend you never tell him anything private.

  出自： E. F. Benson

• He imagined they were gossiping about him.

  出自： O. Manning

常用短语

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。

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• believe the gossip 听信流言
• spread gossip 散布流言

形容词+～

• friendly gossip 友好的闲聊
• common gossip 大家议论的话题
• silly gossip 愚蠢的闲话

～+介词

• gossip about sb 关于某人的闲话

用作动词 (v.)

～+副词

• gossip garrulously 无休止地闲聊

～+介词

• gossip about〔of〕 说某人的闲话,聊天

词语用法

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。

词源解说

• ☆ 直接源自古英语的godsibb：God (神） + sibb (亲戚），意为教父或教母。

近反义词

【近义词】

• rumour
• chatter