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grapevine n.葡萄藤；葡萄树；秘密信息来源 (1) 葡萄藤沿墙蔓延。(2) 这棵葡萄长出了许多新条。(3) 我是经谣传听到这事情的。(4) 我听小道消息说你要离开。 In the Civil War, a grapevine telegraph was a gadget used for communicating. From there, people started talking about "the grapevine" as a source of information, especially gossip. If you heard from a friend of a friend that another friend is getting married, you heard it on the grapevine. If your cousin's cousin told you about a family scandal, you heard it on the grapevine. The grapevine is unofficial and full of hearsay: what you hear might not be accurate.

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英 ['ɡreɪpvaɪn] 美 ['ɡreɪpvaɪn] (1) The grapevine creeps along the wall.(2) This grapevine has grown many new twigs.(3) I heard it through the grapevine.(4) I heard on the grapevine that you're leaving. The grapevine is a word for gossip. Anything heard on the grapevine was learned by word of mouth. 1[N-SING 单数名词]小道消息；传闻 If you hear or learn something on the grapevine, you hear it or learn it in casual conversation with other people.   [usu on/throughthe N]He'd doubtless heard rumours on the grapevine...他无疑是听到了小道消息。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。2[N-COUNT 可数名词]葡萄藤 A grapevine is a climbing plant on which grapes grow.

英语单词	grapevine
英美音标	英 ['ɡreɪpvaɪn] 美 ['ɡreɪpvaɪn]
中文释义	n.葡萄藤；葡萄树；秘密信息来源
英语例句	(1) The grapevine creeps along the wall. (2) This grapevine has grown many new twigs. (3) I heard it through the grapevine. (4) I heard on the grapevine that you're leaving.
中文例句	(1) 葡萄藤沿墙蔓延。 (2) 这棵葡萄长出了许多新条。 (3) 我是经谣传听到这事情的。 (4) 我听小道消息说你要离开。
vocabulary简明	The grapevine is a word for gossip. Anything heard on the grapevine was learned by word of mouth.
vocabulary扩展	In the Civil War, a grapevine telegraph was a gadget used for communicating. From there, people started talking about "the grapevine" as a source of information, especially gossip. If you heard from a friend of a friend that another friend is getting married, you heard it on the grapevine. If your cousin's cousin told you about a family scandal, you heard it on the grapevine. The grapevine is unofficial and full of hearsay: what you hear might not be accurate.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-SING 单数名词]小道消息；传闻 If you hear or learn something on the grapevine, you hear it or learn it in casual conversation with other people. [usu on/throughthe N] He'd doubtless heard rumours on the grapevine... 他无疑是听到了小道消息。 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。 2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]葡萄藤 A grapevine is a climbing plant on which grapes grow.

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