rumour

英 [ˈruːmə(r)]

美 [ˈruːmər]

n.  谣言; 传闻
v.  谣传; 传说

复数：rumours　过去分词：rumoured　现在分词：rumouring　过去式：rumoured　第三人称单数：rumours　

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牛津词典

noun

• 谣言；传闻
  a piece of information, or a story, that people talk about, but that may not be true
  1. to start/spread a rumour
     制造 / 散布谣言
  2. There are widespread rumours of job losses.
     到处谣传要裁员。
  3. Some malicious rumours are circulating about his past.
     有人别有用心地散布谣言，说他过去如何如何。
  4. I heard a rumour that they are getting married.
     我听到传闻，说他们要结婚了。
  5. Many of the stories are based on rumour.
     这些说法很多都是道听途说。
  6. Rumour has it (= people say) that he was murdered.
     有传言说他被杀害了。

verb

• 谣传；传说
  to be reported as a rumour and possibly not true
  1. It's widely rumoured that she's getting promoted.
     到处都在传要提拔她了。
  2. He was rumoured to be involved in the crime.
     有传言说他卷入了这桩罪行。

柯林斯词典

in AM, use 美国英语用 rumor


• N-VAR 谣言;流言;传闻
  Arumouris a story or piece of information that may or may not be true, but that people are talking about.
  1. Simon denied rumours that he was planning to visit Bulgaria later this month...
     西蒙否认了他打算这个月晚些时候访问保加利亚的传闻。
  2. There have been persistent rumours of quarrels within the movement...
     运动团体内部存在争执的传闻始终未断。
  3. There's a strange rumour going around at the moment about Peter.
     现在有一些关于彼得的奇怪传闻。

英英释义

noun

• gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth
  Synonym:rumorhearsay

verb

• tell or spread rumors
  1. It was rumored that the next president would be a woman
  Synonym:rumorbruit

双语例句

• What if the rumour is true?
  万一这传闻是事实呢？
• There have been persistent rumours of quarrels within the movement
  运动团体内部存在争执的传闻始终未断。
• Rumour has it that he was murdered.
  有传言说他被杀害了。
• The Washington rumour mill suggests that the president secured his narrow majority only by promising all sorts of concessions.
  华盛顿的谣言工厂暗示总统是在承诺作出种种让步后才获得微弱多数票的。
• The rumour is getting about that there's going to be a reshuffle of the cabinet.
  风传内阁即将改组。
• He said the rumour came from you.
  他说那谣言是你散布的。
• The rumour raised a storm of conjecture.
  这谣言引起了一阵猜测。
• Rumour has it that her husband has gone over the hill.
  谣传她丈夫偷偷离开了。
• Rumour has it that tickets were being sold for £ 300
  据谣传，票卖到了300英镑。
• I know it's bandied about, but I think it's only a rumour.
  我知道这事到处乱传，不过我想这只是谣言。