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tittle-tattle

英 [ˈtɪtl tætl]

美 [ˈtɪtl tætl]

n.  闲聊; 飞短流长; 张家长李家短
v.  闲聊; 杂谈

现在分词:tittle-tattling 过去式:tittle-tattled 第三人称单数:tittle-tattles 过去分词:tittle-tattled 

牛津词典

    noun

    • 闲聊;飞短流长;张家长李家短
      unimportant talk, usually not true, about other people and their lives

      柯林斯词典

      • N-UNCOUNT 闲聊;胡侃;流言蜚语
        If you refer to something that a group of people talk about astittle-tattle, you mean that you disapprove of it because it is not important, and there is no real evidence that it is true.
        1. ...tittle-tattle about the private lives of minor celebrities.
          有关二三流名人隐私生活的闲言碎语

      英英释义

      noun

      verb

      双语例句

      • In lesser hands Ms Nasar's story might have degenerated into a series of pen portraits: tittle-tattle for the middlebrow.
        如果娜萨女士文笔稍差一些,这些故事就要成了一堆钢笔肖像速写,成了关于一帮知识界平庸人物的杂淡。
      • By the end of the day on Wednesday, appetite for big blocks of CCB stock was waning, in inverse correlation to the tittle-tattle. At best, an everyday tale of cock-up over conspiracy.
        截至周三收盘时,对建行大宗股份的胃口正在消退,与传言成反比。在最好的情况下,这是一个搞砸(而不是阴谋)的故事。
      • British showbiz writers searched for tittle-tattle on Robbie Williams'love life and speculated endlessly about the demise of the hit girl band The Spice Girls ( news-web sites).
        英国的娱乐作家在找寻有关罗宾·威廉斯的爱情生活的无聊传闻,而且无休止推测热门女子乐队辣妹何时解散。
      • He is the kind of man who would avoid becoming involved in tittle-tattle at all costs.
        他是个怕惹是生非的人。
      • The reason that the art of tittle-tattle is dying out has nothing to do with us becoming nicer, as we are surely just as horrible as they always were.
        闲话的艺术正在消亡,其原因不是人们变得更加高尚了人们当然还是一如既往地可憎。
      • Well-directed tittle-tattle may easily causes its victim to lose his or her livelihood.
        针对性很强的聊天,很容易使受害者丢掉饭碗。