grapevine

英 [ˈɡreɪpvaɪn]

美 [ˈɡreɪpvaɪn]

n.  小道消息; 传闻

复数：grapevines　

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Collins.1 / BNC.18814 / COCA.17269

习惯用语

n.

on/through the grapevine
• 小道消息；传闻
  by talking in an informal way to other people
• I heard on the grapevine that you're leaving.
  我听小道消息说你要离开。

柯林斯词典

• N-SING 小道消息;传闻
  If you hear or learn somethingon the grapevine, you hear it or learn it in casual conversation with other people.
  1. He'd doubtless heard rumours on the grapevine...
     他无疑是听到了小道消息。
  2. I had heard through the grapevine that he was quite critical of what we were doing.
     我听到有传言说他对我们在做的工作非常不满。
• 葡萄藤
  Agrapevineis a climbing plant on which grapes grow.

英英释义

noun

• gossip spread by spoken communication
  1. the news of their affair was spread by word of mouth
  Synonym:pipelineword of mouth
• any of numerous woody vines of genus Vitis bearing clusters of edible berries
  Synonym:grapegrape vine

双语例句

• They were told to desist from spreading grapevine news.
  已告诉他们停止散布小道消息。
• I heard through the grapevine that you were thinking of leaving us.
  可靠消息透露说你要离开我们了。
• I've heard it through the grapevine.
  我是从内部听到的消息。
• Genetic Diversity of Grapevine Viroids and the Construction of Their Infectious Clones
  葡萄类病毒基因多样性分析及其侵染性克隆的构建
• I got the news through the grapevine.
  我是从小道消息听说那件事的。
• I had heard through the grapevine that he was quite critical of what we were doing.
  我听到有传言说他对我们在做的工作非常不满。
• People tend to believe what they hear through the grapevine even if they have evidence to the contrary.
  即使手中已经有了和谣传相反的证据，人们也更愿意相信他们通过小道消息获得的信息。
• And he said, Oh, I heard it on the grapevine.
  他说，我打听来的小道消息。
• Some of the most exciting information comes by way of the grapevine.
  有些最令人激动的消息是通过小道的方式得来的。
• I've become acquainted with this grapevine and the husbandman.
  我认识了这棵树，和栽种者。