tittle-tattle

英 [ˈtɪtl tætl]

美 [ˈtɪtl tætl]

n.  闲聊; 飞短流长; 张家长李家短
v.  闲聊; 杂谈

现在分词：tittle-tattling　过去式：tittle-tattled　第三人称单数：tittle-tattles　过去分词：tittle-tattled　

牛津词典

noun

• 闲聊；飞短流长；张家长李家短
  unimportant talk, usually not true, about other people and their lives

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 闲聊;胡侃;流言蜚语
  If you refer to something that a group of people talk about astittle-tattle, you mean that you disapprove of it because it is not important, and there is no real evidence that it is true.
  1. ...tittle-tattle about the private lives of minor celebrities.
     有关二三流名人隐私生活的闲言碎语

英英释义

noun

• light informal conversation for social occasions
  Synonym:chitchatchit-chatchit chatsmall talkgabgabfestgossipchin wagchin-wagchin waggingchin-waggingcauserie

verb

• speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
  Synonym:chatterpifflepalaverpratetwaddleclackmaunderprattleblabgibbertattleblabbergabble

双语例句

• He is the kind of man who would avoid becoming involved in tittle-tattle at all costs.
  他是个怕惹是生非的人。
• By the end of the day on Wednesday, appetite for big blocks of CCB stock was waning, in inverse correlation to the tittle-tattle. At best, an everyday tale of cock-up over conspiracy.
  截至周三收盘时，对建行大宗股份的胃口正在消退，与传言成反比。在最好的情况下，这是一个搞砸（而不是阴谋）的故事。
• British showbiz writers searched for tittle-tattle on Robbie Williams'love life and speculated endlessly about the demise of the hit girl band The Spice Girls ( news-web sites).
  英国的娱乐作家在找寻有关罗宾·威廉斯的爱情生活的无聊传闻，而且无休止推测热门女子乐队辣妹何时解散。
• The reason that the art of tittle-tattle is dying out has nothing to do with us becoming nicer, as we are surely just as horrible as they always were.
  闲话的艺术正在消亡，其原因不是人们变得更加高尚了人们当然还是一如既往地可憎。
• In lesser hands Ms Nasar's story might have degenerated into a series of pen portraits: tittle-tattle for the middlebrow.
  如果娜萨女士文笔稍差一些，这些故事就要成了一堆钢笔肖像速写，成了关于一帮知识界平庸人物的杂淡。
• Well-directed tittle-tattle may easily causes its victim to lose his or her livelihood.
  针对性很强的聊天，很容易使受害者丢掉饭碗。