rumour

noun

1. 谣言；传闻
   a piece of information, or a story, that people talk about, but that may not be true
   1. to start/spread a rumour
      制造 / 散布谣言
   2. There are widespread rumours of job losses.
      到处谣传要裁员。
   3. Some malicious rumours are circulating about his past.
      有人别有用心地散布谣言，说他过去如何如何。
   4. I heard a rumour that they are getting married.
      我听到传闻，说他们要结婚了。
   5. Many of the stories are based on rumour.
      这些说法很多都是道听途说。
   6. Rumour has it (= people say) that he was murdered.
      有传言说他被杀害了。

verb

1. 谣传；传说
   to be reported as a rumour and possibly not true
   1. It's widely rumoured that she's getting promoted.
      到处都在传要提拔她了。
   2. He was rumoured to be involved in the crime.
      有传言说他卷入了这桩罪行。

in AM, use 美国英语用 rumor


1. N-VAR 谣言;流言;传闻
   A rumour is a story or piece of information that may or may not be true, but that people are talking about.
   1. Simon denied rumours that he was planning to visit Bulgaria later this month...
      西蒙否认了他打算这个月晚些时候访问保加利亚的传闻。
   2. There have been persistent rumours of quarrels within the movement...
      运动团体内部存在争执的传闻始终未断。
   3. There's a strange rumour going around at the moment about Peter.
      现在有一些关于彼得的奇怪传闻。

1. There's a nasty sort of rumour going around about it.
   关于这件事正有一则恶意的谣言在流传。
2. Rumour has it that tickets were being sold for £ 300
   据谣传，票卖到了300英镑。
3. Rumour, myth and hearsay obscure the truth after months of bloodshed.
   杀戮持续了数月后，真相在谣言、谎话和传闻的遮掩下变得模糊不清。
4. It was the kind of rumour that it is impossible to refute.
   这是那种让人根本没法批驳的谣言。
5. We have no proof and when there is no proof, rumour runs riot.
   我们没有证据，只要没有证据，谣言就会满天飞。
6. Simon denied rumours that he was planning to visit Bulgaria later this month
   西蒙否认了他打算这个月晚些时候访问保加利亚的传闻。
7. There have been persistent rumours of quarrels within the movement
   运动团体内部存在争执的传闻始终未断。
8. There's a strange rumour going around at the moment about Peter.
   现在有一些关于彼得的奇怪传闻。
9. The Washington rumour mill suggests that the president secured his narrow majority only by promising all sorts of concessions.
   华盛顿的谣言工厂暗示总统是在承诺作出种种让步后才获得微弱多数票的。
10. He conceded that second-hand accounts are leading to rumour and counter-rumour
    他承认道听途说会引发谣言和辟谣。
11. She was able to shoot the rumour down in flames with ample documentary evidence.
    她能够用充分的书面证据将传闻彻底粉碎。
12. If it's possible, track the rumour back to its origin
    如果可能，应追查谣言的源头。
13. I know it's bandied about, but I think it's only a rumour.
    我知道这事到处乱传，不过我想这只是谣言。
14. The rumour was unfounded.
    传闻失实。
15. The rumour had to disappear before facts.
    在真相面前谣言不得不消声匿迹。
16. The rumour raised a storm of conjecture.
    这谣言引起了一阵猜测。
17. The rumour disturbed the whole village.
    这谣言令全村人惶惶不安。
18. What if the rumour is true?
    万一这传闻是事实呢？
19. Rumour has it that her husband has gone over the hill.
    谣传她丈夫偷偷离开了。
20. The rumour that prices were going to rise led to a rush on the stores.
    谣传物价要涨，人们都去商店抢购。
21. The rumour has its origin in the papers.
    谣言来自于报纸。
22. We are going to check into the rumour.
    我们将对此谣言进行调查。
23. The rumour is getting about that there's going to be a reshuffle of the cabinet.
    风传内阁即将改组。
24. That's just a rumour.
    那只是一个谣传。
25. After a few days I spread the next rumour.
    几天之后我又散布了下一个谣言。
26. He said the rumour came from you.
    他说那谣言是你散布的。
27. And this rumour about you and your boss is damaging.
    而这个关于你和你上司的谣言就在造成伤害。
28. Rumour has it that he was murdered.
    有传言说他被杀害了。
29. A rumour got about that the conference had been cancelled.
    谣传这会议取消了。
30. I heard the rumour that she's leaving but apparently there's nothing in it.
    我听流言传说她要走了，但是显然这不是真的。

noun

1. gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth

   Synonym:    rumorhearsay

verb

1. tell or spread rumors
   1. It was rumored that the next president would be a woman

   Synonym:    rumorbruit