2V-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 . 闲聊;说长道短
We spoke, debated, gossiped into the night. [VERB]
3N-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. 爱说长道短的人 [disapproval]
There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked aboutOscar WildeThe Picture of Dorian Gray
Gossip is a sort of smoke that comes from the dirty tobacco-pipes of those that diffuse it; it proves nothing but the bad taste of the smokerGeorge EliotDaniel Deronda
1unkind talk about other people流言ADJECTIVE | ... OF GOSSIP | VERB + GOSSIP | GOSSIP + VERB | GOSSIP + NOUN | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤latest最新的流言▸➤idle, juicy, malicious, salacious閒談;八卦的流言;惡毒的流言蜚語;豔聞▸➤celebrity關於名人的傳聞➤tabloid小報上的流言蜚語... OF GOSSIP➤bit, piece, tidbit, titbit (BrE) 一點閒言碎語;一條小道消息;一則傳聞◇I heard an interesting bit of gossip yesterday.我昨天聽到一條有趣的傳聞。VERB + GOSSIP➤spread傳播謠言◇Someone has been spreading malicious gossip about me.有人一直在惡意散佈關於我的謠言。➤exchange, swap相互散播傳言▸➤hear, listen to聽到傳言;聽小道消息◇You shouldn't listen to idle gossip.你不應聽信無聊的傳言。➤get得到小道消息▸➤know知道傳聞◇He knows all the juicy gossip.他知道所有的八卦趣聞。GOSSIP + VERB➤circulate, go around, go round (especially BrE) 謠言傳播;謠言散佈◇A piece of silly gossip was going around the school.校園內流傳着一則荒唐的謠言。GOSSIP + NOUN➤column, columnist漫談專欄;漫談專欄作家◇I saw it in the gossip column of the local newspaper.我在當地報紙上的漫談專欄看到過此事。PREPOSITION➤gossip about關於⋯的小道消息◇a magazine full of gossip about famous people充斥著名人各種流言蜚語的雜誌gossip
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2conversation about other people關於他人的談話ADJECTIVE | VERB + GOSSIP | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤good好的傳言評價VERB + GOSSIP➤have閒聊PREPOSITION➤gossip about關於⋯的談話◇We had a good gossip about the boss.我們私下裏把老闆評頭論足了一番。➤gossip with與⋯聊天◇She's having a gossip with Maria. (BrE) 她正在和瑪麗亞閒聊。