grapevine

英 ['ɡreɪpvaɪn] 美 ['ɡreɪpvaɪn]

• n. 葡萄藤；葡萄树；秘密信息来源

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 葡萄藤
2. 传闻
3. 小道消息
4. 消息途径
5. 秘密来源
6. 葡萄树
7. 葡萄蔓状滑步
8. 缠腿
9. 谣言
10. 小道消息的流传
11. 秘密情报的口头传递
12. 一种花式滑冰的动作
13. 一种摔跤动作
14. 通过小道消息
15. 根据传闻
16. 秘密情报网

英英释义

Noun:

1. gossip spread by spoken communication;

   "the news of their affair was spread by word of mouth"
   

2. any of numerous woody vines of genus Vitis bearing clusters of edible berries

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The grapevine creeps along the wall.
   葡萄藤沿墙蔓延。
2. People said they looked like a grapevine.
   人们说它们看起来像葡萄藤。
3. This grapevine has grown many new twigs.
   这棵葡萄长出了许多新条。
4. I heard it through the grapevine.
   我是经谣传听到这事情的。
5. I heard on the grapevine that you're leaving.
   我听小道消息说你要离开。

经典引文

• Contacts who had heard, on the grapevine, that he was looking for work.

  出自： T. Heald

• The grapevine says I'm finished.

  出自： J. Heller

• The 'grapevine' is a loose association of active birders who keep in touch by passing on news of rare and interesting birds.

  出自：Bird Watching

词汇搭配

• grapevine telegraph 秘密传递情报的方法,...
• arm grapevine 反夹臂
• grapevine drainage 葡萄藤状水系,格状水...
• double grapevine 双缠腿
• leg grapevine 缠腿

近反义词

【近义词】

• rumour mill 指传播谣言的人...
• bush telegraph 传递讯息
• gossip 流言蜚语
• scuttlebutt 饮水的容器
• rumor mill 造谣场所; 谣言散布群体...
• grape vine 葡萄藤
• word of mouth 口头语
• pipeline 管道
• grape 葡萄