1ADJ-GRADED [usually ADJ n]記述轶事的;野史的;閒談的 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. 記述轶事的;野史的;閒談的
...a chatty, gossipy account of Forster's life.
對福斯特生平轶事的漫談式的記述
2ADJ-GRADED [usually ADJ n]喜歡說長道短的;愛傳播流言蜚語的 If you describe someone as gossipy, you are critical of them because they talk about other people's private lives a great deal. 喜歡說長道短的;愛傳播流言蜚語的 [disapproval]