gossip

noun

1. 流言蜚语；闲言碎语
   informal talk or stories about other people's private lives, that may be unkind or not true
   1. Don't believe all the gossip you hear.
      别对那些道听途说都信以为真。
   2. Tell me all the latest gossip !
      把最新的小道消息都讲给我听听吧！
   3. The gossip was that he had lost a fortune on the stock exchange.
      有小道消息说他在股票交易中赔了一大笔钱。
   4. It was common gossip (= everyone said so) that they were having an affair.
      大家议论纷纷说他们之间关系暧昧。
   5. She's a great one for idle gossip (= she enjoys spreading stories about other people that are probably not true) .
      她很喜欢说别人闲话。
2. 说长道短；闲聊
   a conversation about other people and their private lives
   1. I love a good gossip.
      我喜欢闲聊天。
3. 喜欢传播流言蜚语的人；爱说长道短（或说三道四）的人
   a person who enjoys talking about other people's private lives

verb

1. 传播流言蜚语；说三道四；说长道短
   to talk about other people's private lives, often in an unkind way
   1. I can't stand here gossiping all day.
      我不能整天站在这儿闲聊啊。
   2. She's been gossiping about you.
      她一直在说你的闲话。

1. N-UNCOUNT 流言蜚语；小道消息；闲话
   Gossip is informal conversation, often about other people's private affairs.
   1. He spent the first hour talking gossip...
      他头一个小时都在闲聊。
   2. There has been much gossip about the possible reasons for his absence...
      关于他缺席的原因有很多传言。
   3. Don't you like a good gossip?
      你不想好好地聊聊吗？
2. V-RECIP 闲聊；说长道短
   If you gossip with someone, you talk informally, especially about other people or local events. You can also say that two people gossip .
   1. We spoke, debated, gossiped into the night...
      我们交谈着，争论着，闲聊着，一直持续到晚上。
   2. Eva gossiped with Sarah...
      伊娃与萨拉在闲聊。
   3. Mrs Lilywhite never gossiped.
      利利怀特夫人从来不说长道短。
3. N-COUNT 爱说长道短的人
   If you describe someone as a gossip, you mean that they enjoy talking informally to people about the private affairs of others.
   1. He was a vicious gossip.
      他总是喜欢说别人的坏话。

1. He and his father, according to local gossip, haven't been in touch for years.
   当地风传，他和父亲已多年未联系了。
2. He spent the first hour talking gossip
   他头一个小时都在闲聊。
3. There has been much gossip about the possible reasons for his absence
   关于他缺席的原因有很多传言。
4. Don't you like a good gossip?
   你不想好好地聊聊吗？
5. We spoke, debated, gossiped into the night
   我们交谈着，争论着，闲聊着，一直持续到晚上。
6. Eva gossiped with Sarah
   伊娃与萨拉在闲聊。
7. Mrs Lilywhite never gossiped.
   利利怀特夫人从来不说长道短。
8. He was a vicious gossip.
   他总是喜欢说别人的坏话。
9. The jet-setting couple made frequent appearances in the gossip columns.
   这对穿梭于各国的富豪夫妇经常出现在八卦专栏。
10. It provided some juicy gossip for a few days.
    这制造了一些非常八卦的流言蜚语，足够说上几天的。
11. Her existence was lightened by bits of gossip.
    她的生活靠了飞短流长才不那么乏味。
12. Customers pay to log on and gossip with other users
    顾客付费后登录系统和其他用户聊天。
13. That might merely have been malicious gossip
    那也许仅仅是些不怀好意的流言蜚语罢了。
14. Overnight, the gossip begins to mutate into headlines.
    一夜之间，传闻变成了报纸的头条新闻。
15. We read the gossip written about them with prurient interest.
    我们翻看他们的八卦时带着不洁的想法。
16. He loved gossip and scandal
    他喜欢说三道四，散布谣言。
17. A jealous colleague could spread scandalous gossip about you.
    一个心怀嫉妒的同事可能会散播有关你的丑闻谣言。
18. 'I want to hear all the gossip, all the scandal.' — 'You shall, dearie, you shall!'
    “把所有的八卦，所有的丑闻都告诉我吧。”——“好的，亲爱的，好的。”
19. I don't pay attention to such gossip.
    我才不理那些闲话呢。
20. Don't gossip behind people's backs!
    不要背后乱说！
21. There has been much gossip in commercial circles as to his resignation.
    关于他的辞职，在商界一直有很多流言蜚语。
22. The circulation of gossip is vicious.
    传播流言蜚语是可恶的。
23. She discredited him with ugly gossip.
    她用难听的流言蜚语臭他。
24. Miss thompson, loud-voiced and garrulous, was evidently quite willing to gossip.
    汤姆逊小姐粗声粗气，絮絮叨叨，显然还挺愿意聊。
25. She had a good gossip with a neighbor over the garden fence.
    她隔着花园篱笆和邻居聊了很久。
26. Gossip had it that she was a bad girl.
    有流言说她是一个不正经的姑娘。
27. I have no use for gossip of that kind.
    我讨厌那种流言蜚语。
28. We shopkeepers hear so much but all of it is unreliable gossip.
    我们生意人听到的事很多&但都是没根没据的闲话。
29. I met all sorts of people and picked up a good deal of gossip.
    我见到各方面的人，听到许多的街谈巷议。
30. We gossip about them and vice versa.
    我们议论他们，他们也议论我们。

  gossip tattle【导航词义：说闲话】

  gossip v. 说闲话，说长道短

〔辨析〕指背后谈论他人的行为或隐私。

  tattle v. 〈旧〉闲聊，谈论他人隐私

〔辨析〕既指闲谈，也指背后谈论他人的隐私。

noun

1. light informal conversation for social occasions

   Synonym:    chitchatchit-chatchit chatsmall talkgabgabfesttittle-tattlechin wagchin-wagchin waggingchin-waggingcauserie

2. a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people
   1. the divorce caused much gossip

   Synonym:    commentscuttlebutt

3. a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others

   Synonym:    gossipergossipmongerrumormongerrumourmongernewsmonger

verb

1. talk socially without exchanging too much information
   1. the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze

   Synonym:    chew the fatshoot the breezechatconfabulateconfabchitchatchit-chatchatterchaffernatterjawclavervisit

2. wag one's tongue
   1. She won't dish the dirt

   Synonym:    dish the dirt