scuttlebutt 详细解释

scuttlebutt

['skʌtlbʌt]

n.饮水的容器,清水桶,船内饮水的地方,<俚>谣言,闲语

词义辨析

同义参见:

buzz  bucket  

英英释义

名词 scuttlebutt:

a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people

同义词:gossip, comment

补充

scuttlebuttscuttlebutt英:[ˈskʌtlbʌt] 美:[ˈskʌtlˌbʌt]n.1.引水的器具,水桶,闲话

例句

1. the scuttlebutt had it that he was a government spy.流言说他是个政府间谍。 2. There's some scuttlebutt [=there's a rumor] that he might be planning to leave his wife.据传他可能打算抛弃他的妻子。