gossip
gossip
noun
gossiper
noun
gossipy
adjective
语源
noun
- [mass noun]casual or unconstrained conversation or reports about other people, typically involving details which are not confirmed as being true
（关于他人的）闲聊；无拘束的谈话（尤指有关细节未经证实的）
he became the subject of much local gossip.
他成为当地人闲聊的话题。
■[insing.]a conversation about such matters
闲聊，聊天
she just comes round here for a gossip.
她就是到这儿来聊聊天的。
■[count noun](chiefly derogatory)a person who likes talking about other people's private lives
(主贬)爱谈论别人私生活的人
- [no obj.]engage in gossip
闲聊，聊天
they would start gossiping about her as soon as she left.
她一转身，他们就开始说她的闲话。
gossiper
noun
gossipy
adjective
语源
- late Old English godsibb, 'godfather, godmother, baptismal sponsor', literally 'a person related to one in God', from god 'God' + sibb 'a relative' (see sib). In Middle English the sense was 'a close friend, a person with whom one gossips', hence 'a person who gossips', later (early 19th cent.) 'idle talk' (from the verb, which dates from the early 17th cent.)
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