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

• I got the news through the grapevine.
  我是从小道消息听说那件事的。
• I heard about your new job on/ through the office grapevine.
  我是通过办公室的小道消息才听说你找到了新工作。
• I heard the news on the grapevine.
  我是从小道消息听到的。
• They were told to desist from spreading grapevine news.
  已告诉他们停止散布小道消息。
• Lulu: Well, I heard it through the grapevine that you have another girlfriend.
  露露：这个嘛，我听说你有另一个女朋友。
• I heard it through the grapevine.
  这是我听来的小道消息。
• Plant disorder occurred on wild and cultivated grapevines caused by phytoplasmas infection is usually called grapevine yellows.
  野生和栽培葡萄上的植原体病害由于引起叶片黄化而被称为葡萄黄化病。
• It's not announced officially yet, but this morning I got it through the grapevine.
  官方还没宣布，我今天早上从小道消息得到的。
• I've just got it through the grapevine.
  我也只是顺藤摸瓜而已。
• 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。