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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
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谣言；流言蜚语；闲话
a report, often malicious, about the behavior of other people
The scuttlebutt is that the company is going bankrupt.
小道消息说这家公司要破产了。
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？
The scuttlebutt around the office is that the manager is leaving.
办公室里的传闻是经理要走了。
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。
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。
Not this
They scuttlebutt about the new policy.
Use this
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’。
Not this
I heard scuttlebutt of his resignation.
Use this
I heard scuttlebutt about his resignation.
表示‘关于’的谣言时，应使用介词 about，而不是 of。
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Often used informally to mean 'rumor' or 'gossip'.
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