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grapevine

英 [ˈɡreɪpvaɪn]

美 [ˈɡreɪpvaɪn]

n.  小道消息; 传闻

复数:grapevines 

TEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.18814 / COCA.17269

习惯用语

    n.

      on/through the grapevine
    • 小道消息;传闻
      by talking in an informal way to other people
    • I heard on the grapevine that you're leaving.
      我听小道消息说你要离开。

    柯林斯词典

    • N-SING 小道消息;传闻
      If you hear or learn somethingon the grapevine, you hear it or learn it in casual conversation with other people.
      1. He'd doubtless heard rumours on the grapevine...
        他无疑是听到了小道消息。
      2. I had heard through the grapevine that he was quite critical of what we were doing.
        我听到有传言说他对我们在做的工作非常不满。
    • 葡萄藤
      Agrapevineis a climbing plant on which grapes grow.

      英英释义

      noun

      • gossip spread by spoken communication
        1. the news of their affair was spread by word of mouth
        Synonym:pipelineword of mouth
      • any of numerous woody vines of genus Vitis bearing clusters of edible berries
          Synonym:grapegrape vine

        双语例句

        • I've become acquainted with this grapevine and the husbandman.
          我认识了这棵树,和栽种者。
        • I had heard through the grapevine that he was quite critical of what we were doing.
          我听到有传言说他对我们在做的工作非常不满。
        • People tend to believe what they hear through the grapevine even if they have evidence to the contrary.
          即使手中已经有了和谣传相反的证据,人们也更愿意相信他们通过小道消息获得的信息。
        • And he said, Oh, I heard it on the grapevine.
          他说,我打听来的小道消息。
        • I heard through the grapevine that Mark and Julie just broke up.
          听小道消息说马克和茱莉分手了。
        • I heard it through the grapevine.
          这是我听来的小道消息。
        • I heard about your success through the office grapevine.
          我透过办公室的内线管道听说了你的成功。
        • Lulu: Well, I heard it through the grapevine that you have another girlfriend.
          露露:这个嘛,我听说你有另一个女朋友。
        • Of course, it does not mean he heard the news by putting his ear to a grapevine!
          当然,并不是说,把耳朵贴在葡萄藤上才听到这个消息的!
        • Some of the most exciting information comes by way of the grapevine.
          有些最令人激动的消息是通过小道的方式得来的。