Word
rumormonger
/ˈruːməmʌŋgə/
noun
造谣者；散布谣言者
a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others
- 1.
a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others
喜欢传播八卦和泄露他人隐私的人
喜欢传播八卦和泄露他人隐私的人；造谣者；散布谣言者
In use
The office rumormonger has already spread the news about the layoffs.
Don't listen to that rumormonger; she always exaggerates everything.
A rumormonger can damage a person's reputation with a single false story.
be a rumormonger
常用于指称某人长期散布谣言。
He is a known rumormonger in the office.
他是办公室里出了名的造谣者。
call [someone] a rumormonger
直接指责他人造谣。
She called him a rumormonger after he spread the lie.
他散布谎言后，她称他为造谣者。
accuse [someone] of being a rumormonger
正式或严厉的指控。
The politician was accused of being a rumormonger.
那位政客被指责为造谣者。
Common mistakes
He often rumormongers about his neighbors.He often spreads rumors about his neighbors.
rumormonger 是名词，不能用作动词。表示造谣应用 spread rumors。
There is too much rumormonger in the office.There are too many rumormongers in the office.
rumormonger 是可数名词，表示多个造谣者时要用复数形式。
Connections
Confusing words
Word family
- rumormongers
- third person singular
- rumormongered
- past, past participle
- rumormongering
- present participle
Learner notes
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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