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rumor

/roo-mer/US // ˈru mər //

谣言,谣传,传闻,流言

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a story or statement in general circulation without confirmation or certainty as to facts: a rumor of war.
    • : gossip; hearsay: Don't listen to rumor.
    • : Archaic. a continuous, confused noise; clamor; din.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to circulate, report, or assert by a rumor: It is rumored that the king is dead.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nountalk about supposed truth
Forms: rumored, rumors

Examples

  • If the latest rumors from Android Central are to be believed, the answer is apparently "not much."

  • Unsubstantiated rumors that khat leaves can carry the coronavirus haven’t helped either.

  • Because the rumors mentioned voter data from Michigan, the office of Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson also denied that any information had been stolen.

  • The controversies come as Robinhood is adding senior executives specializing in compliance ahead of rumors the company soon plans to go public.

  • By the end of 2019, such rumors were linked to at least 70 violent incidents, according to analysis by the data journalism website IndiaSpend.

  • Another rumor that has existed since before The Empire Strikes Back was released.

  • Not even Radio Bemba (Cuban slang for the rumor mill) had picked up the signal.

  • He does, however, attempt to dispel some of the myths that have emerged from hearsay and rumor over the last century.

  • Thus the rumor as well as the reality of the threat is used for intimidation.

  • A Rumor of Angels: Quotations for Living, Dying and Letting Goby Gail Perry Johnson and Jill Perry Rabideau.

  • There was a rumor that Alessandro and his father had both died; but no one knew anything certainly.

  • In 1821 rumor had it that he intended to wed a miller's widow, his patroness, who was thirty-two years old.

  • Our men thought it was an exaggerated rumor, but still they were advising people to leave Holland as early as possible.

  • But while the rumor remained uncontradicted it caused high excitement and great rage.

  • There is a rumor that if the two overcome the Christians, they turn their arms against the kalif and the arch-sultan next.