| 词汇 | rumour-mill |
| 释义 | rumour mill noun[ S ] UK(USrumor mill)uk /ˈruː.mə ˌmɪl/ us /ˈruː.mɚ ˌmɪl/ a situation in which a number of people spread rumours about something: 谣言工厂 Recently the rumour mill went into overdrive with suggestions that the couple might split.最近谣言工厂大为活跃，说他们俩也许要分手。 Gossip and rumour a little bird told meidiom anecdotal bird bush telegraph dig for dirt dirt ear exposure gossip hear (something) through/on the grapevineidiom hearsay lip on everyone's lipsidiom peddle say-so scandal scaremongering snippety swirl your ears must be burningidiom Examples of rumour millrumour mill It is possible of course that contrary to outward appearances, the rumourmill of accusations ground inexorably on. We need to fill the vacuum to ensure that the rumourmill is displaced. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We learn them already from the grapevine and the rumourmill. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English That would have enabled him to pre-empt the rumourmill and give an authoritative account of the position. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The rumourmill can have a damaging effect on the efforts of local authorities and other bodies seeking to regenerate an area and encourage new investment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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