英语词汇“scuttlebutt”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	scuttlebutt
释义	scut·tle·butt (skŭtl-bŭt′) n. 1. Nautical a. A cask on a ship used to hold the day's supply of drinking water. b. A drinking fountain on a ship. 2. Slang Gossip; rumor. [Alteration of scuttled butt, cask with a hole cut into it : SCUTTLE¹, to cut a hole in (the hull of a ship) + BUTT⁵. Sense 2, probably from fact that sailors would exchange gossip while taking a drink from the cask.]
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