Word · Frequency #6049
gossips
闲言碎语；流言蜚语；八卦
gossips is the plural of gossip.
Idle talk or an often malicious report about someone else's private life, especially when that person is not present.
- 1.
Someone who likes to talk about other people's private or personal business.
喜欢谈论他人私事的人
- 2.
light informal conversation for social occasions
社交场合轻松随意的谈话
- 3.
Idle talk about someone’s private or personal matters, especially about someone not present.
关于某人私事的闲聊,尤其是当事人不在场时
- 4.
a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people
关于他人行为的(常为恶意的)传闻
- 5.
Idle conversation in general.
一般的闲聊
- 6.
a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others
喜欢闲聊并泄露他人隐私的人
- 7.
A genre in contemporary media, usually focused on the personal affairs of celebrities.
当代媒体中的一种类型,通常关注名人的私生活
- 8.
Communication done using a gossip protocol.
使用八卦协议进行的通信
闲聊；闲谈；爱说闲话的人；爱八卦的人；长舌妇；八卦新闻；名人八卦；八卦协议通信；传播协议通信；喜欢谈论他人私事的人
In use
There's a lot of gossip about the new manager in the office.
Don't believe all the gossip you hear; most of it isn't true.
She's a terrible gossip, always spreading stories about her neighbors.
the divorce caused much gossip
Connections
Collocations
- idle gossip
- 无聊的闲话
- They spent the whole afternoon exchanging idle gossip.他们整个下午都在聊无聊的闲话。
- gossip column
- 八卦专栏
- She writes a popular gossip column for the local newspaper.她为当地报纸写一个受欢迎的八卦专栏。
- spread gossip
- 散布流言蜚语
- It's harmful to spread gossip about your colleagues.散布关于同事的流言蜚语是有害的。
- juicy gossip
- 劲爆的八卦
- He couldn't wait to tell me all the juicy gossip he heard.他迫不及待地告诉我他听到的所有劲爆八卦。
- gossip about
- 关于…的闲话
- There is a lot of gossip about the new manager's past.关于新经理的过去有很多闲话。
- gossip monger
Learner notes
Memory Tip
将gossip拆成go和sip，想象去小口喝茶顺便聊八卦。
Context & Register
语域：混合（中性/贬义）；场景：非正式社交闲聊、工作场所、邻里传闻、名人八卦；注：通常用于非正式场合，中性含义侧重轻松闲聊，贬义含义侧重传播他人隐私或恶意传闻。
Grammar Note
gossip作名词时常见的搭配介词是about，如'gossip about someone'。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All listed words share the spelling ending 'ip' and have a clear /ɪp/ pronunciation. 'Gossip' (/'ɡɒs.ɪp/ or /ɡɑsəp/) ends with a similar but not identical sound, often with a schwa in the second syllable. Thus they are useful for spelling comparison but not perfect rhymes.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
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