gossip about someone
collocation谈论某人私事；说某人的闲话
They love to gossip about their colleagues.
他们喜欢说同事的闲话。
说闲话；八卦
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说闲话；八卦
To talk about other people's private or personal business, especially in a way that spreads information.
They often gossip about their coworkers during lunch breaks.
他们经常在午休时八卦同事。
谈论他人私事,尤其是传播信息的方式
To talk about someone else's private or personal business, especially in a manner that spreads the information.
闲聊
To talk idly.
使用八卦协议进行通信
To communicate using a gossip protocol.
gossip
Base
原形
gossips
3rd person
第三人称单数
gossiping
-ing
现在分词
gossipped
Past
过去式
gossipped
Past participle
过去分词
She often gossips with her neighbors.
她经常和邻居闲聊。
They gossipped about the new teacher yesterday.
他们昨天议论了新老师。
He is gossiping on the phone right now.
他正在电话里说闲话。
规则动词，过去式和过去分词双写p加-ed。
She gossiped about the new neighbor to everyone in the building.
她向楼里的每个人八卦新邻居的事。
Stop gossiping and focus on your own work.
别八卦了，专心做你的工作。
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谈论某人私事；说某人的闲话
They love to gossip about their colleagues.
他们喜欢说同事的闲话。
和朋友闲聊八卦
I gossiped with my best friend over the phone.
我和最好的朋友在电话里闲聊。
边喝咖啡边闲聊
The neighbors gossiped over coffee every morning.
邻居们每天早晨边喝咖啡边闲聊。
背着某人说闲话
She hates when people gossip behind her back.
她讨厌别人在背后说她的闲话。
在茶水间闲聊（指同事间非正式的闲谈）
They like to gossip at the water cooler during breaks.
他们喜欢在休息时去茶水间闲聊。
八卦工厂；专门传播流言蜚语的人或圈子
After the scandal broke, the office gossip mill went into overdrive.
丑闻爆出后，办公室里的八卦传播变得异常热闹。
你知道你爱我。XOXO，绯闻女孩。
In the TV series Gossip Girl, the anonymous blogger signs off with 'You know you love me. XOXO, Gossip Girl,' inviting fans to gossip about the characters' lives.
在电视剧《绯闻女孩》中，匿名博主以“你知道你爱我。XOXO，绯闻女孩。”作为结束语，邀请粉丝们议论剧中人物的私生活。
八卦是一门什么都不说、却几乎什么都说了的艺术。
TV hosts today still gossip about celebrities, and they often cite Walter Winchell's famous remark.
如今电视主持人仍会八卦明星的私事，并经常引用沃尔特·温切尔的这句名言。
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记 gossip = go + sip：去喝杯茶，边啜饮边聊别人私事，像八卦一样传开来。
语域：informal 常见场景：casual chat with friends、workplace break room、social media gossip 作动词时通常用于非正式场合，多指谈论他人的私事或传播小道消息；在正式写作或严肃语境中较不常见。
toss 和 loss 与 gossip 重读音节中的 /ɒs/ 发音一致；skip、drip、sip 与 gossip 结尾的 /ɪp/（或 /sɪp/）发音一致。注意 worship 只是拼写以 ship 结尾，实际读 /ˈwɜːʃɪp/，其中的 ship 读 /ʃɪp/，与 gossip 的 /sɪp/ 不同，不押韵。
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