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hear sth on/through the grapevine
on 和 through 均可用，表示通过私下传闻得知，多用于非正式场合。
I heard on the grapevine that the manager is leaving the company.
我从小道消息听说经理要离开公司了。
葡萄藤
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
葡萄藤
a woody vine of the genus Vitis on which grapes grow
I heard on the grapevine that the manager is leaving the company.
我从小道消息听说经理要离开公司了。
葡萄生长的植物,葡萄属的藤本植物。
The plant, a vine of genus Vitis, on which grapes grow.
口耳相传的闲话
gossip spread by spoken communication
一种非正式的个人间信息或八卦传播方式。
An informal person-to-person means of circulating information or gossip.
结可食用浆果串的葡萄属木质藤本植物
any of numerous woody vines of genus Vitis bearing clusters of edible berries
I heard through the grapevine that the final match has been postponed.
我通过小道消息听说决赛被推迟了。
The word on the grapevine is that the new library opens next month.
小道消息说，新图书馆下个月开放。
She found out from the grapevine that the shop was having a secret sale.
她从小道消息中得知那家商店在秘密打折。
on 和 through 均可用，表示通过私下传闻得知，多用于非正式场合。
I heard on the grapevine that the manager is leaving the company.
我从小道消息听说经理要离开公司了。
这个句型把“小道消息”本身当作传闻来源，后接 that 从句，语气比 hear on the grapevine 稍正式。
The grapevine has it that the two companies are planning a merger.
据小道消息说，这两家公司正计划合并。
把 grapevine 当作传播信息的工具，后接不定式表示目的。
She used the grapevine to spread the news about the party.
她通过小道消息渠道传播了派对的消息。
Not this
We planted a grape in the backyard.
Use this
We planted a grapevine in the backyard.
汉语的“葡萄”既可指果实也可指整棵植物，但英语中 grape 仅指果实，grapevine 才指藤蔓植物。想表达“种葡萄树”时必须用 grapevine。
Not this
I heard it from the grapevine.
Use this
I heard it through the grapevine.
英语固定搭配是 hear something through the grapevine（意为“从小道消息听说”），介词用 through 而不是 from。from the grapevine 不是习惯表达，听起来不自然。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
通过小道消息听到
I heard through the grapevine that the manager is retiring.
我通过小道消息听说经理要退休了。
小道消息；传闻
Word on the grapevine is that they are moving abroad.
小道消息说他们要搬到国外去。
有传言说
The grapevine has it that our project will be cancelled.
有传言说我们的项目将被取消。
种植葡萄藤
We planted a grapevine in the backyard last spring.
去年春天我们在后院种了一株葡萄藤。
野生葡萄藤
Wild grapevines have taken over the abandoned barn.
野生葡萄藤爬满了废弃的谷仓。
葡萄藤架
The grapevine trellis needs to be repaired before harvest.
葡萄藤架需要在收获前修好。
通过小道消息听到；从传闻中得知
I heard through the grapevine that the company is going through another round of layoffs.
我从小道消息听说，公司又要进行一轮裁员。
传播小道消息的非正式渠道；流言蜚语的传播网络
The grapevine has been buzzing with news about the actor's secret wedding.
小道消息一直在到处传这位演员秘密结婚的事。
（从小道消息传来的）传言，传闻
Word on the grapevine is that the two companies are planning to merge.
有传言说这两家公司打算合并。
我是通过小道消息听说的。
This line from Marvin Gaye's hit song means that the news reached you through the grapevine of gossip.
这句出自马文·盖伊热门歌曲的歌词，意思是这个消息是通过流言蜚语的渠道传到你这里的。
Use grapevine naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
把grapevine拆成grape+vine:葡萄藤上葡萄连成串,谣言也像藤蔓一样在人与人之间一串串传开。
语域：mixed 常见场景：vineyard / grape growing、office gossip / casual conversation grapevine 作‘葡萄藤’讲时是中性词，多用于种植、园艺等语境；作‘小道消息/传闻’讲时属于非正式用法，常见于日常口语，如 hear it through the grapevine。阅读或听力中应结合上下文判断具体义项。
vine、wine、shine、line、mine 都以 /aɪn/ 结尾，与 grapevine 的第二音节 -vine 押韵；grape 发 /ɡreɪp/，与 grapevine 的第一音节相同。注意 vineyard /ˈvɪnjərd/ 中的 vine 发 /vɪn/，不是 /vaɪn/。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.