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[rumor/news] + grapevine + [place]
主语是信息本身，表示谣言或消息在非正式渠道中传播。
The rumor grapevined around the whole school.
这则谣言传遍了整个学校。
散布谣言；传谣言
grapevining — present participle of grapevine
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
散布谣言；传谣言
to spread or be spread as a rumor
The rumor grapevined around the whole school.
这则谣言传遍了整个学校。
用腿部锁住对方以限制其活动。
To restrain in a leglock.
缠绕或盘绕在邻近物体上。
To drape or curl around adjacent objects.
身体以流畅的起伏波动移动,同时朝波动方向迈步。
To move one's body in a smooth undulating wave while stepping in the direction the wave is moving.
在接缝处涂抹灰浆。
To score mortar at a joint.
grapevine
Base
原形
grapevines
3rd person
第三人称单数
grapevining
-ing
现在分词
grapevined
Past
过去式
grapevined
Past participle
过去分词
People grapevine rumors in this small town.
人们在这个小镇上散布谣言。
The news grapevined through the office before lunch.
午休前，这个消息就在办公室里传开了。
She is grapevining the latest gossip to her colleagues.
她正在把最新的八卦传给同事。
grapevine 作动词较少见；常见义为“散布（传闻）”，也指“像藤蔓般缠绕”。日常更常用名词 the grapevine（小道消息）。
The rumor grapevined through the office before anyone could check the facts.
谣言在任何人核实事实之前就传遍了办公室。
Whenever a new policy is suggested, the details quickly grapevine among the staff.
每当有人提议新政策，细节就会在员工中间迅速传开。
The news of the party is already grapevining through the neighborhood, so everyone knows about it.
聚会消息已经在街坊间传开了，所以大家都知道这件事。
主语是信息本身，表示谣言或消息在非正式渠道中传播。
The rumor grapevined around the whole school.
这则谣言传遍了整个学校。
此用法中动词是及物的，主语为传播者。
She grapevined the gossip to everyone in the department.
她把这条八卦传给了部门里的每一个人。
用于描述攀缘植物或其他物体缠绕在邻近物体上。
The ivy grapevined around the fence post.
常春藤缠绕在篱笆柱上。
此义强调通过非正式渠道建立联系，through 后接该渠道。
The two clubs grapevined through a shared chat group.
这两个俱乐部通过一个共享聊天群建立了非正式联系。
Not this
The grapevine that she was promoted spread around the office quickly.
Use this
The rumor that she was promoted grapevined around the office quickly.
此处把 grapevine 当成名词“小道消息”来用，但表示消息像谣言一样传开时 grapevine 是动词（不及物），主语应是 rumor/news，而不能用 the grapevine 作主语。改为动词 grapevined 后句子才符合英语语法。
Not this
He grapevined me the rumor.
Use this
He grapevined the rumor to me.
grapevine 作“散布（谣言）”解时是及物动词，但不像 tell 那样接双宾语；传播的内容是直接宾语，接受者要用 to 引出。这是把汉语“传给我”的语序直接套到 grapevine 上造成的错误。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
从小道消息听说
I heard through the grapevine that she's leaving the company.
我从小道消息听说她要离开公司了。
非正式的消息传播途径
News travels fast on the grapevine.
消息在私下传播得很快。
通过私下传闻
He found out about the merger on the grapevine.
他通过私下传闻得知了合并的消息。
我是通过小道消息听说的。（出自马文·盖伊的经典歌曲《I Heard It Through the Grapevine》）
She heard it through the grapevine that the manager was leaving.
她通过小道消息听说经理要离职了。
Use grapevining naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
想象葡萄藤爬满架，消息像藤蔓一样悄悄蔓延——grapevine 就是“小道消息/散布谣言”。
语域：informal 常见场景：office gossip、social media、casual conversation grapevine 作动词表示“散布谣言/通过非正式渠道传播”时，通常用于非正式场合，比较常见于办公室闲聊、社交媒体或朋友间交谈。正式写作中较少出现，可考虑用 spread rumors 或 circulate informally 替代。
作动词较少见：可指像藤蔓一样缠绕/攀缘，也可指（消息）像葡萄藤蔓延般传播。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.