- [uncountable] (disapproving)
informal talk or stories about other people’s private lives, that may be unkind or not true 流言蜚语；闲言碎语 Don't believe all the gossip you hear. 别对那些道听途说都信以为真。 Tell me all the latest gossip! 把最新的小道消息都讲给我听听吧！ The gossip was that he had lost a fortune on the stock exchange. 有小道消息说他在股票交易中赔了一大笔钱。 He knows all the juicy gossip. 他知道所有的八卦趣闻。 It was common gossip (= everyone said so) that they were having an affair. 大家议论纷纷说他们之间关系暧昧。 She's a great one for idle gossip (= she enjoys spreading stories about other people that are probably not true). 她很喜欢说别人闲话。
Extra ExamplesA piece of silly gossip was going round the school. 有一则荒唐的流言在校园内流传。 I heard an interesting bit of gossip yesterday. 我昨天听到一条有趣的传闻。 It's common gossip in the office that she's about to leave her husband. 办公室里都流传着她要离开她丈夫。 Someone has been spreading malicious gossip about me. 有人一直在恶意散布关于我的谣言。 You shouldn't listen to idle gossip. 你不应听信无聊的传言。 a magazine full of gossip about famous people 充斥著名人各种流言蜚语的杂志 office gossip 办公室八卦
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- latest
- idle
- juicy
- …
- bit
- piece
- tidbit
- …
- spread
- exchange
- swap
- …
- circulate
- go around
- go round
- …
- column
- columnist
- gossip about
- [countable, usually singular]
a conversation about other people and their private lives 闲聊 Synonyms discussiondiscussion- conversation
- dialogue
- talk
- debate
- consultation
- chat
- gossip
- discussion a detailed conversation about something that is considered to be important:
Discussions are still taking place between the two leaders. 两位领导人仍在进行讨论。
- conversation a talk, usually a private or informal one, involving two people or a small group; the activity of talking in this way:
a telephone conversation 电话交谈
- dialogue conversations in a book, play or film:
The novel has long descriptions and not much dialogue. 这部小说描述多，对话少。
dialogue 亦指两个团体间为解决问题或结束争端进行的正式对话、讨论、交换意见： The President told waiting reporters there had been a constructive dialogue. 总统告诉等候的记者，刚才进行了一次富有建设性的对话。
- talk a conversation or discussion, often one about a problem or something important for the people involved:
I had a long talk with my boss about my career prospects. 我和老板就我的事业前景进行了一次长谈。
- debate a formal discussion of an issue at a public meeting or in a parliament. In a debate two or more speakers express opposing views and then there is often a vote on the issue:
a debate on prison reform 关于监狱制度改革的辩论
- consultation a formal discussion between groups of people before a decision is made about something:
There have been extensive consultations between the two countries. 两国之间进行了广泛磋商。
- chat
a friendly informal conversation; informal talking. 指友好的非正式交谈、聊天 - gossip a conversation about other people and their private lives:
We had a good gossip about the boss. 我们讲了好一会儿老板的闲话。
- a discussion/conversation/dialogue/talk/debate/consultation/chat/gossip about something
- a discussion/conversation/dialogue/debate/consultation on something
- in (close) discussion/conversation/dialogue/debate/consultation with somebody
- to have a discussion/conversation/dialogue/talk/debate/consultation/chat/gossip with somebody
- to hold a discussion/conversation/debate/consultation
Extra ExamplesShe's having a gossip with Maria. 她正在和玛丽亚闲聊。 We had a good gossip about the boss. 我们讲了好一会儿老板的闲话。 I was having a gossip with Maggie when he arrived. 他来的时候，我正在和玛吉闲聊。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- good
- have
- gossip about
- gossip with
- [countable] (disapproving)
a person who enjoys talking about other people’s private lives 喜欢传播流言蜚语的人；爱说长道短（或说三道四）的人 Myra is a dear, but she's also a terrible gossip. 迈拉是很可爱，但也是个讨厌的长舌妇。
Synonyms speakerspeaker- communicator
- gossip
- talker
- speaker a person who is or was speaking; a person who speaks a particular language:
I looked around to see who the speaker was. 我四下环顾看说话的是谁。 a fluent Arabic speaker 阿拉伯语讲得流利的人
- communicator (rather formal
) a person who is able to describe their ideas and feelings clearly to others: 指交际者、交流者： The ideal candidate will be an effective communicator. 理想的候选人定要是善于沟通的人。
- gossip (disapproving
) a person who enjoys talking about other people’s private lives: 指喜欢传播流言蜚语的人、爱说长道短（或说三道四）的人： Myra is a dear, but she’s also a terrible gossip. 迈拉是很可爱，但也是个讨厌的长舌妇。
- talker a person who talks in a particular way or who talks a lot:
He’s a very persuasive talker. 他是一个说话很有说服力的人。 She’s a (great) talker (= she talks a lot). 她很健谈。
speaker or talker? 用 speaker 还是 talker？ - a good/great speaker/communicator/talker
- an effective/excellent speaker/communicator
Word Originlate Old English godsibb, ‘godfather, godmother, baptismal sponsor’, literally ‘a person related to one in God’, from god ‘God’ + sibb ‘a relative’ (see sib). In Middle English the sense was ‘a close friend, a person with whom one gossips’, hence ‘a person who gossips’, later (early 19th cent.) ‘idle talk’ (from the verb, which dates from the early 17th cent.).