gossips

英 [ˈɡɒsɪps]

美 [ˈɡɑːsɪps]

n.  流言飞语; 闲言碎语; 说长道短; 闲聊; 喜欢传播流言飞语的人; 爱说长道短(或说三道四)的人
v.  传播流言飞语; 说三道四; 说长道短
gossip的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 流言蜚语；小道消息；闲话
  Gossipis informal conversation, often about other people's private affairs.
  1. He spent the first hour talking gossip...
     他头一个小时都在闲聊。
  2. There has been much gossip about the possible reasons for his absence...
     关于他缺席的原因有很多传言。
  3. Don't you like a good gossip?
     你不想好好地聊聊吗？
• V-RECIP 闲聊；说长道短
  If yougossip withsomeone, you talk informally, especially about other people or local events. You can also say that two peoplegossip.
  1. We spoke, debated, gossiped into the night...
     我们交谈着，争论着，闲聊着，一直持续到晚上。
  2. Eva gossiped with Sarah...
     伊娃与萨拉在闲聊。
  3. Mrs Lilywhite never gossiped.
     利利怀特夫人从来不说长道短。
• N-COUNT 爱说长道短的人
  If you describe someone as agossip, you mean that they enjoy talking informally to people about the private affairs of others.
  1. He was a vicious gossip.
     他总是喜欢说别人的坏话。

双语例句

• Her father, to avoid gossips was quick to marry her with someone.
  她的父亲为了消除流言蜚语，很快就让她和某人结婚了。
• A modest man frequently ponders over his mistakes; a conceited man only gossips about other's errors.
  谦虚者常思己过，骄傲者只论人非。
• What frightful gossips people are, even one's best friends.
  人们最爱散布流言蜚语，哪怕是自己最好的朋友也不例外。
• I always used to enjoy our gossips over the garden fence.
  我过去总是以我们隔着庭院篱笆的闲谈为乐。
• Did you ever hear of such a thing? Asked the gossips.
  “你听说过这样的事吗？”爱传流言蜚语的人问。
• If a man listened to the gossips, he would be already dead.
  如果一个人听信流言蜚语的话，他早就该死了。
• The pretty girl's reputation was defiled by malicious gossips.
  这个美丽的女孩的名声全被恶意的谣言给玷污了。
• Most of the time he states rather than conveys, and gossips rather than writes.
  大部分时间中，他只是述事不立言，谈论而不写作。
• Gossips made a big thing about him going on shopping trips with her
  风言风语把他和她出去购物这件事闹得沸沸扬扬。
• Burnt to cinders, we were told by the neighbourhood gossips.
  街头巷尾都在传他被烧成了灰烬。