a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people;
"the divorce caused much gossip"
scuttlebutt 片语
片语
rumor谣言;传闻
claver(Claver)人名;(英)克拉弗;(西、法)克拉韦尔
scuttlebutt 例句
英汉例句
before scuttlebutt that apple was working on a tablet started to heat up, no major pc manufacturer seemed to think that consumers wanted a general-purpose, touchscreen-only computing device.
the scuttlebutt now is that warner will try to buy emi from citigroup, which seized it earlier this year from terra firma, another private-equity firm.
现在的流言是华纳试图从这个早年在陆地上建立起的独立资本集团花旗手中买下emi。
now i've heard a lot of scuttlebutt about a food shortage.
我听了很多关于食物短缺的閑话。
the scuttlebutt in the office is that tom is going to be fired.
办公室里有谣言说汤姆要被炒鱿鱼了。
no06,1. the scuttlebutt in the office is that tom is going to be fired.
办公室里有谣言说汤姆要被炒鱿鱼了。
with luck the reporters would follow up on the scuttlebutt without mentioning its source, assuring themselves that they had got the story through their 「contacts」.