scuttlebutt

音标发音

• 英式音标 [ˈskʌt.əl.bʌt]
• 美式音标 [ˈskʌt̬.əl.bʌt]
• 英式发音
• 美式发音

基本解释

• n.飲水的容器；清水桶；船內飲水的地方；謠言；閑語

同根派生

英汉例句

雙語例句

• Original: COO Tim Cook could be leaving Apple for the vacated CEO slot at HP, according to scuttlebutt that's going around.
  原版謠言：據傳言，蘋果公司首蓆運營官（COO）Tim Cook 說他會離開蘋果去HP擔任CEO以填補該職位的空缺。
• With luck the reporters would follow up on the scuttlebutt without mentioning its source, assuring themselves that they had got the story through their “contacts”.
  如果幸運的話，記者會跟進這一線索但不會提到消息來源，讓自己相信是通過他們自己的“線人”獲得線索的。
• Before scuttlebutt that Apple was working on a tablet started to heat up, no major PC manufacturer seemed to think that consumers wanted a general-purpose, touchscreen-only computing device.
  在蘋果著手研制平板設備而賣得火熱之前，似乎沒有一家主要的個人電腦生産商覺得用戶會需要功能有限、衹有觸摸屏的電腦設備。

權威例句

• They don't know too much about actually what's going on other than scuttlebutt and what they've heard.
  NPR: Web Site Offers One Stop for Real Estate Data
• The scuttlebutt is that Sinofsky is going to show a preview of Windows 8.
  FORBES: D9: From Microsoft Windows Pres Sinofsky, A Look At Windows 8
• Magee also recommends the proverbial water cooler as a productive place to gather gossip and scuttlebutt.
  FORBES: 10 Questions You'd Better Ask Your Boss

词组短语

短語

• scuttlebutt method 閑聊投資法
• Scuttlebutt Reconciliation 整躰協調
• scuttlebutt methos 傳言方法

英英字典

劍橋英英字典

• news or information that may or may not be true

柯林斯英英字典

• Scuttlebutt is rumours or gossip.