grapevine
英 [ˈɡreɪpvaɪn]
美 [ˈɡreɪpvaɪn]
n. 小道消息; 传闻
复数:grapevines
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.- He'd doubtless heard rumours on the grapevine...
他无疑是听到了小道消息。 - 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。
- He'd doubtless heard rumours on the grapevine...
- 葡萄藤
Agrapevineis a climbing plant on which grapes grow.
英英释义
noun
- gossip spread by spoken communication
- the news of their affair was spread by word of mouth
- any of numerous woody vines of genus Vitis bearing clusters of edible berries
双语例句
- This grapevine has grown many new twigs.
这棵葡萄长出了许多新条。 - Some of the most exciting information comes by way of the grapevine.
有些最令人激动的消息是通过小道的方式得来的。 - Effects of different foliar fertilizers on fruit quality and storage nutrient of Cabernet Sauvignon grapevine
不同叶面肥对赤霞珠葡萄果实品质及树体贮藏养分的影响 - I've heard it through the grapevine.
我是从内部听到的消息。 - 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 - I heard about your success through the office grapevine.
我透过办公室的内线管道听说了你的成功。 - Studies on the Nitrogen Metabolism in the Process of Dormancy and Germinating of Grapevine
葡萄休眠和萌发过程中氮素代谢的研究 - Comes the answer," I got it by the grapevine. "
他回答道:“这是我得到的小道消息。” - 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。 - Of course, it does not mean he heard the news by putting his ear to a grapevine!
当然,并不是说,把耳朵贴在葡萄藤上才听到这个消息的!