gossip
gossip
英[ˈɡɒsɪp]美[ˈɡɑːsɪp]
n.流言蜚语，闲话，爱说长道短的人；
v.说闲话；
复数：gossips;
第三人称单数：gossips;
过去式：gossiped;
现在分词：gossiping;
形容词：gossipy;
例句
twittering over office gossip.唧唧喳喳地说办公室闲话
a juicy morsel of gossip少许有趣的闲言碎语
The mischief arose from irresponsible gossip.这种不幸的事是因无聊的闲话而引起的。
Her appetite for gossip is absolutely indecent.她爱搬弄是非,极不道德。
She had a good gossip with a neighbour over the garden fence.她隔着花园篱笆和邻居聊了很久。
You're nothing but an old gossip!你这个专门搬弄是非的老家伙！
It's common gossip that they're having an affair.大家都说他们之间关系暧昧。
She broadcast the gossip all over the town.她将这个流言传遍全镇。
Customers pay to log on and gossip with other users...顾客付费后登录系统和其他用户聊天。
They were discoursing over the latest gossip.他们在谈论*近的蜚短流长.
英语六级真题
Perhaps my expectations of lunches, water-cooler gossip and caring, deep-and-meaningful conversations were a legacy of the last time I was in that kind of office environment.
2019年6月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
N-UNCOUNT
流言蜚语；小道消息；闲话
Gossip is informal conversation, often about other people's private affairs.
例句
He spent the first hour talking gossip...他头一个小时都在闲聊。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。V-RECIP
闲聊；说长道短
If you gossip with someone, you talk informally, especially about other people or local events. You can also say that two people gossip .
例句
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。Eva gossiped with Sarah...伊娃与萨拉在闲聊。N-COUNT
爱说长道短的人
If you describe someone as a gossip, you mean that they enjoy talking informally to people about the private affairs of others.
例句
He was a vicious gossip.他总是喜欢说别人的坏话。英汉词典释义
n.
流言, 闲话, 流言蜚语, 闲言碎语
It's common gossip that they're having an affair.大家都说他们之间关系暧昧。爱拨弄是非的人, 喜欢传播流言蜚语的人, 爱说长道短（或说三道四）的人
You're nothing but an old gossip!你这个专门搬弄是非的老家伙！闲谈, 聊天
She had a good gossip with a neighbour over the garden fence.她隔着花园篱笆和邻居聊了很久。八卦
vi.
传播流言, 说长道短
She can spend a whole day gossiping with her neighbours.她能一整天都跟邻居们说长道短。英英词典释义
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"
