1ADJ-GRADED [usually ADJ n]记述轶事的;野史的;闲谈的 If you describe a book or account as gossipy, you mean it is informal and full of interesting but often unimportant news or information about people. 记述轶事的;野史的;闲谈的
...a chatty, gossipy account of Forster's life.
对福斯特生平轶事的漫谈式的记述
2ADJ-GRADED [usually ADJ n]喜欢说长道短的;爱传播流言蜚语的 If you describe someone as gossipy, you are critical of them because they talk about other people's private lives a great deal. 喜欢说长道短的;爱传播流言蜚语的 [disapproval]