gossip

英 [ˈɡɒsɪp]

美 [ˈɡɑːsɪp]

n.  流言蜚语; 闲言碎语; 说长道短; 闲聊; 喜欢传播流言蜚语的人; 爱说长道短(或说三道四)的人
v.  传播流言蜚语; 说三道四; 说长道短

现在分词：gossiping　复数：gossips　第三人称单数：gossips　过去式：gossipped　过去分词：gossipped　

CET6考研TOEFLIELTSTEM8

Collins.2 / BNC.6049 / COCA.6861

同义词辨析

gossiptattle【导航词义：说闲话】

牛津词典

noun

• 流言蜚语；闲言碎语
  informal talk or stories about other people's private lives, that may be unkind or not true
  1. Don't believe all the gossip you hear.
     别对那些道听途说都信以为真。
  2. Tell me all the latest gossip !
     把最新的小道消息都讲给我听听吧！
  3. The gossip was that he had lost a fortune on the stock exchange.
     有小道消息说他在股票交易中赔了一大笔钱。
  4. It was common gossip (= everyone said so) that they were having an affair.
     大家议论纷纷说他们之间关系暧昧。
  5. She's a great one for idle gossip (= she enjoys spreading stories about other people that are probably not true) .
     她很喜欢说别人闲话。
• 说长道短；闲聊
  a conversation about other people and their private lives
  1. I love a good gossip.
     我喜欢闲聊天。
• 喜欢传播流言蜚语的人；爱说长道短（或说三道四）的人
  a person who enjoys talking about other people's private lives

verb

• 传播流言蜚语；说三道四；说长道短
  to talk about other people's private lives, often in an unkind way
  1. I can't stand here gossiping all day.
     我不能整天站在这儿闲聊啊。
  2. She's been gossiping about you.
     她一直在说你的闲话。

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 流言蜚语；小道消息；闲话
  Gossipis informal conversation, often about other people's private affairs.
  1. He spent the first hour talking gossip...
     他头一个小时都在闲聊。
  2. There has been much gossip about the possible reasons for his absence...
     关于他缺席的原因有很多传言。
  3. Don't you like a good gossip?
     你不想好好地聊聊吗？
• V-RECIP 闲聊；说长道短
  If yougossip withsomeone, you talk informally, especially about other people or local events. You can also say that two peoplegossip.
  1. We spoke, debated, gossiped into the night...
     我们交谈着，争论着，闲聊着，一直持续到晚上。
  2. Eva gossiped with Sarah...
     伊娃与萨拉在闲聊。
  3. Mrs Lilywhite never gossiped.
     利利怀特夫人从来不说长道短。
• N-COUNT 爱说长道短的人
  If you describe someone as agossip, you mean that they enjoy talking informally to people about the private affairs of others.
  1. He was a vicious gossip.
     他总是喜欢说别人的坏话。

英英释义

noun

• light informal conversation for social occasions
  Synonym:chitchatchit-chatchit chatsmall talkgabgabfesttittle-tattlechin wagchin-wagchin waggingchin-waggingcauserie
• a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people
  1. the divorce caused much gossip
  Synonym:commentscuttlebutt
• a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others
  Synonym:gossipergossipmongerrumormongerrumourmongernewsmonger

verb

• talk socially without exchanging too much information
  1. the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze
  Synonym:chew the fatshoot the breezechatconfabulateconfabchitchatchit-chatchatterchaffernatterjawclavervisit
• wag one's tongue
  1. She won't dish the dirt
  Synonym:dish the dirt

双语例句

• There has been much gossip in commercial circles as to his resignation.
  关于他的辞职，在商界一直有很多流言蜚语。
• There has been much gossip about the possible reasons for his absence
  关于他缺席的原因有很多传言。
• That might merely have been malicious gossip
  那也许仅仅是些不怀好意的流言蜚语罢了。
• Eva gossiped with Sarah
  伊娃与萨拉在闲聊。
• We gossip about them and vice versa.
  我们议论他们，他们也议论我们。
• Miss thompson, loud-voiced and garrulous, was evidently quite willing to gossip.
  汤姆逊小姐粗声粗气，絮絮叨叨，显然还挺愿意聊。
• He and his father, according to local gossip, haven't been in touch for years.
  当地风传，他和父亲已多年未联系了。
• Gossip had it that she was a bad girl.
  有流言说她是一个不正经的姑娘。
• The jet-setting couple made frequent appearances in the gossip columns.
  这对穿梭于各国的富豪夫妇经常出现在八卦专栏。
• We spoke, debated, gossiped into the night
  我们交谈着，争论着，闲聊着，一直持续到晚上。