grapevine

英 [ˈɡreɪpvaɪn]

美 [ˈɡreɪpvaɪn]

n.  小道消息; 传闻

复数：grapevines　

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Collins.1 / BNC.18814 / COCA.17269

习惯用语

n.

on/through the grapevine
• 小道消息；传闻
  by talking in an informal way to other people
• I heard on the grapevine that you're leaving.
  我听小道消息说你要离开。

柯林斯词典

• N-SING 小道消息;传闻
  If you hear or learn somethingon the grapevine, you hear it or learn it in casual conversation with other people.
  1. He'd doubtless heard rumours on the grapevine...
     他无疑是听到了小道消息。
  2. I had heard through the grapevine that he was quite critical of what we were doing.
     我听到有传言说他对我们在做的工作非常不满。
• 葡萄藤
  Agrapevineis a climbing plant on which grapes grow.

英英释义

noun

• gossip spread by spoken communication
  1. the news of their affair was spread by word of mouth
  Synonym:pipelineword of mouth
• any of numerous woody vines of genus Vitis bearing clusters of edible berries
  Synonym:grapegrape vine

双语例句

• People said they looked like a grapevine.
  人们说电报线看起来像葡萄藤。
• Effect of fertilizing amino acid under ground on the yield and fruit quality of Red Globe grapevine
  氨基酸液肥灌根对红地球葡萄产量和果实品质的影响
• Genetic Diversity of Grapevine Viroids and the Construction of Their Infectious Clones
  葡萄类病毒基因多样性分析及其侵染性克隆的构建
• Effects of different foliar fertilizers on fruit quality and storage nutrient of Cabernet Sauvignon grapevine
  不同叶面肥对赤霞珠葡萄果实品质及树体贮藏养分的影响
• Lulu: Well, I heard it through the grapevine that you have another girlfriend.
  露露：这个嘛，我听说你有另一个女朋友。
• I heard it through the grapevine.
  这是我听来的小道消息。
• Plant disorder occurred on wild and cultivated grapevines caused by phytoplasmas infection is usually called grapevine yellows.
  野生和栽培葡萄上的植原体病害由于引起叶片黄化而被称为葡萄黄化病。
• I heard the news on the grapevine.
  我是从小道消息听到的。
• I heard through the grapevine that you were thinking of leaving us.
  可靠消息透露说你要离开我们了。
• They were told to desist from spreading grapevine news.
  已告诉他们停止散布小道消息。