gossip
n. 流言蜚语; 闲话; 爱说长道短的人
v. 说闲话
Gossip is informal conversation, often about other people's private affairs.
He spent the first hour talking gossip...
他头一个小时都在闲聊。
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。
If you gossip with someone, you talk informally, especially about other people or local events. You can also say that two people gossip .
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。
Eva gossiped with Sarah...
伊娃与萨拉在闲聊。
If you describe someone as a gossip, you mean that they enjoy talking informally to people about the private affairs of others.
He was a vicious gossip.
他总是喜欢说别人的坏话。
1. light informal conversation for social occasions
2. a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people;
3. a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others
1. wag one's tongue; speak about others and reveal secrets or intimacies;
2. talk socially without exchanging too much information;
They spread a lot of tacky gossip about his love life.
关于他的爱情生活,他们散播了许多不堪的闲言闲语.
She was not interested in the trivia of gossip.
她对琐碎的流言蜚语不感兴趣.
Their friendship was turned to enmity through idle gossip.
无聊的闲言碎语使他们反目成仇.
She had a good gossip with a neighbour over the garden fence.
她隔着花园篱笆和邻居聊了很久.
You're nothing but an old gossip!
你这个专门搬弄是非的老家伙!