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.饮水的容器；清水桶；船内饮水的地方；谣言；闲语
英汉例句
- Original: COO Tim Cook could be leaving Apple for the vacated CEO slot at HP, according to scuttlebutt that's going around.
原版谣言：据传言，苹果公司首席运营官（COO）Tim Cook 说他会离开苹果去HP担任CEO以填补该职位的空缺。 - 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”.
如果幸运的话，记者会跟进这一线索但不会提到消息来源，让自己相信是通过他们自己的“线人”获得线索的。 - 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.
在苹果着手研制平板设备而卖得火热之前，似乎没有一家主要的个人电脑生产商觉得用户会需要功能有限、只有触摸屏的电脑设备。 - 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
双语例句
权威例句
英英字典
- news or information that may or may not be true
- Scuttlebutt is rumours or gossip.