grapevine

英 [ˈɡreɪpvaɪn]

美 [ˈɡreɪpvaɪn]

n.  小道消息; 传闻

复数：grapevines　

TEM8

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

• 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 through the grapevine that Mark and Julie just broke up.
  听小道消息说马克和茱莉分手了。
• Comes the answer," I got it by the grapevine. "
  他回答道：“这是我得到的小道消息。”
• Genetic Diversity of Grapevine Viroids and the Construction of Their Infectious Clones
  葡萄类病毒基因多样性分析及其侵染性克隆的构建
• People said they looked like a grapevine.
  人们说电报线看起来像葡萄藤。
• Study on the Method of Extraction, Separation and Purification of Polyphenol from Mature Grapevine Cane
  葡萄成熟枝条中多酚类物质提取及分离纯化方法的研究
• 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。
• I heard it through the grapevine.
  这是我听来的小道消息。
• 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。