音标:['gɒsip] ; 柯林斯词典等级:2 级;
n. 闲聊, 随笔, 流言, 爱讲闲话的人
vi. 说闲话, 闲聊
n. a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people
n. a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others
词型变化:现在分词 : gossiping ; 名词复数形式 : gossips ; 第三人称单数 : gossips ; 过去式 : gossipped ; 过去分词 : gossipped
考试类型:[六级/考研/托福/IELTS]
词性分布:
名词70%
动词30%

gossip的用法和样例:

例句

用作名词(n.)
  1. There has been much gossip in political circles.政界里有许多流言蜚语。
  2. I loathe people who spread malicious gossip.我讨厌那些散布充满恶意的流言蜚语的人。
  3. He's a terrible gossip.他专爱说人闲话。
  4. I have no time to engage in gossip.我无暇闲聊。
  5. Can you put an end to that kind of gossip?你能不能别再说那种闲话?
  6. You call a friendly conversation idle gossip?您把友谊的闲谈当作空话吗?
用作不及物动词(vi.)
  1. She loves to gossip to her neighbors.她喜欢议论邻居们的是非长短。
  2. Don't gossip about a person's right and wrong behind his back.不要背地里说别人长短。

常见句型

用作名词(n.)
  1. It's common gossip that they're having an affair.大家都说他们之间关系暧昧。
  2. You're nothing but an old gossip!你这个专门搬弄是非的老家伙!
  3. She had a good gossip with a neighbor over the garden fence.她隔着花园篱笆和邻居聊了很久。
用作动词(v.)
用作不及物动词S+~(+A)
  1. She can spend a whole day gossiping with her neighbors.她能一整天都跟邻居们说长道短。

常用短语

用作动词(v.)
gossip about〔of〕( v.+prep. )
    说…的闲话talk about (sb/sth), often spreading stories which may not be truegossip about〔of〕 sb

    The widow gossiped about her neighbors.

    这个寡妇说邻居的闲话了。

    The women stood in the market-place, gossiping about this and that.

    那些女人站在集市上说三道四。

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)
动词+~
  • believe the gossip听信流言
  • spread gossip散布流言
形容词+~
  • friendly gossip友好的闲聊
  • common gossip大家议论的话题
  • silly gossip愚蠢的闲话
~+介词
  • gossip about sb关于某人的闲话
用作动词 (v.)
~+副词
  • gossip garrulously无休止地闲聊
~+介词
  • gossip about〔of〕说某人的闲话,聊天

经典引文

  • Edgar is a dreadful gossip..I recommend you never tell him anything private.

    出自:E. F. Benson
  • He imagined they were gossiping about him.

    出自:O. Manning
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