B2 [ S or U ] conversation or reports about other people's private lives that might be unkind, disapproving, or not true(有关别人隐私的)流言蜚语,闲言碎语,闲聊
[ C ] disapproving also gossipmonger someone who enjoys talking about other people and their private lives爱说长道短的人;喜欢散布流言蜚语的人
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I've just been talking to the girls downstairs and I've got some delicious gossip.
Some magazines contain nothing but scandal and gossip.
She always keeps me up to date with the latest gossip.
There's a lot of gossip about me going around. What have you been saying?
Let's go for a coffee - I need to catch up on all the gossip.
B2 to talk about other people's private lives(对别人的隐私)说长道短,传播流言蜚语
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She's been gossiping and hasn't done a stroke of work all morning.
Janet spends hours gossiping on the phone.
I wouldn't tell her your secrets - you know how she likes to gossip.
It's not only the women around here who like to gossip, you know!
The old folk sit gossiping in the village square for most of the morning.
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