| 釋義 |
rumour (US = ru mor) /'ru: ma(r); 'rum/ n [U] general talk, gossip, hearsay, (CJ (statement, report, story) which cannot be verified and is of doubtful accuracy: (不能證實(shí)且正確性可疑的) 一般性談話(huà); 閑談; 傳聞; 謠言; 傳說(shuō)： R~ has it/There is a ~ that there will be a General Election in the autumn. 據(jù)傳聞今秋將舉行普選。 All sorts of ~s are going round. 各種謠言正四處流傳。 There is a ~ of the Loch Ness monstef having been seen/a ~ that the... has been seen. 據(jù)說(shuō)奈斯湖中的怪物曾被人看見(jiàn)過(guò)。 '~-monger n person who spreads ~s. 散布謠言者; 造謠者。 vf (usu passive) report by way of ~： (通常用被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)) 謠傳： It is ~ed that .... 據(jù)謠傳…。 He is ~ed to have escaped to Dublin. 據(jù)傳他已逃往都柏林。 |