单词 | scuttlebutt |
释义 | scut·tle·butt ![]() 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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