rumour

英 ['ruːmə(r)] 美 ['ruːmər]

• n. 谣言；传闻；传说
• vt. 传闻，谣传
• =<美>rumor

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C][U]传闻,风闻; 谣言,谣传

   a story or opinion based on rumor, which may or may not be true; unofficial news or information, perhaps untrue

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 谣言
2. 传闻
3. 流言
4. 风闻
5. 以谣传谣
6. 传言
7. 低语

null.

1. <英>=rumor

v. 动词

1. 传说
2. 谣传
3. 传闻

英英释义

Noun:

1. gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth

Verb:

1. tell or spread rumors;

   "It was rumored that the next president would be a woman"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. There isn't an atom of truth in the rumour.
   谣言中没有丝毫的真实性。
2. The rumour percolated through the firm.
   那谣言在公司里慢慢流传开来。
3. A rumour does not always prove (to be) a fact.
   传闻弄到最后不一定是事实。
4. I heard a rumour that they are getting married.
   我听到传闻，说他们要结婚了。
5. Rumour has it that the president is coming to visit our school.
   传说总统要来我们学校参观。

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. It was rumoured that he was suffering from gallstone.
   听说他得了胆结石病。
2. She is rumoured to have been married in England.
   谣传她已经在英国结婚。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. We no longer believed the rumour spread by them.
   我们再也不相信他们散布的谣言了。
2. There are all sorts of rumours in the air that dozens of people were dead in the fire.
   有各种传闻说许多人在那场大火中死亡。
3. The rumour that a new school would be built here is spread.
   传闻这里要建造一所新学校。
4. There has been a rumour mill on him for years.
   几年来,一直有谣言工厂对他进行中伤。

经典引文

• We are a prey to rumour..as to what is happening.

  出自： B. Webb

常用短语

用作名词 (n.)

Rumour has it that...

听说it's said

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• circulate〔spread〕 a rumour 传播谣言

形容词+～

• the absurd〔vague〕 rumour 荒谬〔含糊〕的谣言

介词+～

• all sorts of rumours 各种谣传
• the source of rumours 谣言的来源

～+介词

• the rumour about〔as to〕 关于…的传闻

词语用法

n. (名词)

1. rumour是英式拼法，美式拼法为rumor。

词源解说

• ☆ 14世纪晚期进入英语，直接源自古法语的rumor，意为骚动；最初源自拉丁语的rumorem，意为噪音。

近反义词

【近义词】

• hearsay
• story

派生词

n.(名词)

• rumoured adj. 传说的,谣传的