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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Oxford 3000 / Collins.3 / BNC.3495

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

• What if the rumour is true?
  万一这传闻是事实呢？
• 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。
• He said the rumour came from you.
  他说那谣言是你散布的。
• 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。
• There's a nasty sort of rumour going around about it.
  关于这件事正有一则恶意的谣言在流传。
• He conceded that second-hand accounts are leading to rumour and counter-rumour
  他承认道听途说会引发谣言和辟谣。
• The rumour was unfounded.
  传闻失实。
• 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。
• The rumour had to disappear before facts.
  在真相面前谣言不得不消声匿迹。