the scuttlebutt is that + clause
常见于非正式场合，表示传闻。
The scuttlebutt is that the company is going bankrupt.
小道消息说这家公司要破产了。
谣言；流言蜚语；闲话
最初(现在主要是历史上),船上用来提供饮用水的桶；现在(引申为,非正式)现代船上的饮水机；饮水容器；清水桶
a report, often malicious, about the behavior of other people
最初(现在主要是历史上),船上用来提供饮用水的桶；现在(引申为,非正式)现代船上的饮水机
Originally (now chiefly historical), a cask with a hole cut into its top, used to provide drinking water on board a ship; now (by extension, informal), a drinking fountain on a modern ship.
Have you heard any scuttlebutt about who will get the promotion?
你听说过关于谁会升职的流言吗？
用法提示：scuttlebutt 作名词，指未经证实的闲言碎语。
The scuttlebutt around the office is that the manager is leaving.
办公室里的传闻是经理要走了。
用法提示：scuttlebutt 作名词，表示“传闻、流言”。
Don't believe the scuttlebutt you hear at lunch; it's usually wrong.
别相信午饭时听到的闲话，通常是错的。
用法提示：scuttlebutt 作名词，指午餐时传的闲言碎语。
常见于非正式场合，表示传闻。
The scuttlebutt is that the company is going bankrupt.
小道消息说这家公司要破产了。
There's a lot of scuttlebutt about the merger.
关于合并有很多谣言。
较正式结构，但仍属口语。
Scuttlebutt has it that they are dating.
有传闻说他们在约会。
grammar · medium
易错句子They scuttlebutt about the new policy.
正确表达They spread scuttlebutt about the new policy.
scuttlebutt 是名词，不是动词。应使用 spread scuttlebutt 来表达‘散布谣言’。
grammar · medium
易错句子I heard scuttlebutt of his resignation.
正确表达I heard scuttlebutt about his resignation.
表示‘关于’的谣言时，应使用介词 about，而不是 of。
gossip 可作名词或动词，含义更广，包括日常闲聊；scuttlebutt 仅作名词，特指工作场所内流传的非正式消息。
rumor 泛指未经证实的消息，较正式；scuttlebutt 更口语化，强调内部或非正式渠道的传言。
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