| 单词 | gossip |
| 释义 | gos·sip I. 1. now dialect chiefly Britain 2. < a gossip of his laughed when I refused the halfpenny — W.B.Yeats > < taking presents of … strawberries to the Queen and the Princess's other gossips — Edith Sitwell > 3. < the worst gossip in town > < the syndicated movie gossips — Newsweek > 4. a. < common rumor or gossip profoundly influences the conclusions of many people — Edward Jenks > < gossip columns … gleefully speculate upon prospective divorces among the well-known — D.L.Cohn > b. (1) < settled down for what she hoped would be a gossip, but thought of as a nice chat — Monica Stirling > < a woman standing in her doorway for a gossip — Winefride Nolan > (2) < these reminiscences of a once brilliant court are excellent gossip > < certain recent gossip in intellectual circles — Eleanor M. Sickels > < I went back … in high hopes of hearing good hunting gossip — S.P.B.Mais > c. < the power, ambition, and immense personal prestige of individuals like these … were common gossip — H.S.Bennett > 5. II. intransitive verb < don't intend to gossip about my sickness — Lillian Hellman > < a group of students gossiping — John Berger > especially < must have gossiped about the beauty of the Queen's daughter — J.E.M.White > < gossips about the doings of the town — Cornelius Weygandt > transitive verb < gossiped from one village to the next — Ernest Beaglehole > |
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