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单词 scuttlebutt
释义
scut·tle·butt (skŭtl-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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