grapevine
英 [ˈɡreɪpvaɪn]
美 [ˈɡreɪpvaɪn]
n. 小道消息; 传闻
复数:grapevines
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.- He'd doubtless heard rumours on the grapevine...
他无疑是听到了小道消息。 - 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。
- He'd doubtless heard rumours on the grapevine...
- 葡萄藤
Agrapevineis a climbing plant on which grapes grow.
英英释义
noun
- gossip spread by spoken communication
- the news of their affair was spread by word of mouth
- any of numerous woody vines of genus Vitis bearing clusters of edible berries
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。