grapevine

英 [ˈɡreɪpvaɪn]

美 [ˈɡreɪpvaɪn]

n.  小道消息; 传闻

复数：grapevines　

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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

• People tend to believe what they hear through the grapevine even if they have evidence to the contrary.
  即使手中已经有了和谣传相反的证据，人们也更愿意相信他们通过小道消息获得的信息。
• Plant disorder occurred on wild and cultivated grapevines caused by phytoplasmas infection is usually called grapevine yellows.
  野生和栽培葡萄上的植原体病害由于引起叶片黄化而被称为葡萄黄化病。
• I've heard it through the grapevine.
  我是从内部听到的消息。
• This grapevine has grown many new twigs.
  这棵葡萄长出了许多新条。
• And he said, Oh, I heard it on the grapevine.
  他说，我打听来的小道消息。
• They were told to desist from spreading grapevine news.
  已告诉他们停止散布小道消息。
• 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
• 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
• Comes the answer," I got it by the grapevine. "
  他回答道：“这是我得到的小道消息。”
• 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！