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rumour

英 [ˈruːmə(r)]

美 [ˈruːmər]

n.  谣言; 传闻
v.  谣传; 传说

复数:rumours 过去分词:rumoured 现在分词:rumouring 过去式:rumoured 第三人称单数:rumours 

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牛津词典

    noun

    • 谣言;传闻
      a piece of information, or a story, that people talk about, but that may not be true
      1. to start/spread a rumour
        制造 / 散布谣言
      2. There are widespread rumours of job losses.
        到处谣传要裁员。
      3. Some malicious rumours are circulating about his past.
        有人别有用心地散布谣言,说他过去如何如何。
      4. I heard a rumour that they are getting married.
        我听到传闻,说他们要结婚了。
      5. Many of the stories are based on rumour.
        这些说法很多都是道听途说。
      6. Rumour has it (= people say) that he was murdered.
        有传言说他被杀害了。

    verb

    • 谣传;传说
      to be reported as a rumour and possibly not true
      1. It's widely rumoured that she's getting promoted.
        到处都在传要提拔她了。
      2. He was rumoured to be involved in the crime.
        有传言说他卷入了这桩罪行。

    柯林斯词典

      in AM, use 美国英语用 rumor

    • N-VAR 谣言;流言;传闻
      Arumouris a story or piece of information that may or may not be true, but that people are talking about.
      1. Simon denied rumours that he was planning to visit Bulgaria later this month...
        西蒙否认了他打算这个月晚些时候访问保加利亚的传闻。
      2. There have been persistent rumours of quarrels within the movement...
        运动团体内部存在争执的传闻始终未断。
      3. There's a strange rumour going around at the moment about Peter.
        现在有一些关于彼得的奇怪传闻。

    英英释义

    noun

    • gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth
        Synonym:rumorhearsay

      verb

      • tell or spread rumors
        1. It was rumored that the next president would be a woman
        Synonym:rumorbruit

      双语例句

      • We are going to check into the rumour.
        我们将对此谣言进行调查。
      • I know it's bandied about, but I think it's only a rumour.
        我知道这事到处乱传,不过我想这只是谣言。
      • The rumour disturbed the whole village.
        这谣言令全村人惶惶不安。
      • She was able to shoot the rumour down in flames with ample documentary evidence.
        她能够用充分的书面证据将传闻彻底粉碎。
      • The rumour raised a storm of conjecture.
        这谣言引起了一阵猜测。
      • The rumour is getting about that there's going to be a reshuffle of the cabinet.
        风传内阁即将改组。
      • Rumour has it that her husband has gone over the hill.
        谣传她丈夫偷偷离开了。
      • And this rumour about you and your boss is damaging.
        而这个关于你和你上司的谣言就在造成伤害。
      • We have no proof and when there is no proof, rumour runs riot.
        我们没有证据,只要没有证据,谣言就会满天飞。
      • The rumour had to disappear before facts.
        在真相面前谣言不得不消声匿迹。