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bruit

/broot/US // brut //UK // (bruːt) //

谣言

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to voice abroad; rumor: The report was bruited through the village.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Medicine/Medical. any generally abnormal sound or murmur heard on auscultation.
    • : Archaic. rumor; report.
    • : Archaic. noise; din; clamor.

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Examples

  • Car ils estoyent en grande cholere et en non moindre crainte; mais la cholere faisoit plus de bruit.

  • When some friend spoke to her of her rival's salon, she exclaimed, "Voil bien du bruit pour une omelette au lard."

  • Of the royal edicts guaranteeing the Protestants, the last author remarks that "ils firent plus de bruit que de fruit."

  • Sans se destourner et sans s'arrester au bruit des jappereaux qui crient après luy.

  • But the one being ashamed of the other, the bruit of their communication came not to the ears of the public.