scuttlebutt

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishscuttlebuttscut‧tle‧butt /ˈskʌtlbʌt/ noun [uncountable] American English informal ALstories about other people’s personal lives, especially stories that are unkind or untrue SYN gossipExamples from the Corpusscuttlebutt• Seeing that he was getting impatient, Celestine sprung her surprise: a piece of academic scuttlebutt Lufkin had not known.• The scuttlebutt says their contracts were not yet signed and that the pair were holding out for better terms and conditions.Origin scuttlebutt (1900-2000) scuttlebutt “container for a ship's drinking water” ((19-20 centuries)), from scuttled “having a hole cut in it” ((18-19 centuries)) (from → SCUTTLE1) + butt “large container for liquid, barrel” ((15-21 centuries)) (from Old French botte, from Late Latin buttis); because sailors gathered around the container to talk

单词	scuttlebutt
释义	scuttlebutt From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishscuttlebuttscut‧tle‧butt /ˈskʌtlbʌt/ noun [uncountable] American English informal ALstories about other people’s personal lives, especially stories that are unkind or untrue SYN gossipExamples from the Corpusscuttlebutt• Seeing that he was getting impatient, Celestine sprung her surprise: a piece of academic scuttlebutt Lufkin had not known.• The scuttlebutt says their contracts were not yet signed and that the pair were holding out for better terms and conditions.Origin scuttlebutt (1900-2000) scuttlebutt “container for a ship's drinking water” ((19-20 centuries)), from scuttled “having a hole cut in it” ((18-19 centuries)) (from → SCUTTLE1) + butt “large container for liquid, barrel” ((15-21 centuries)) (from Old French botte, from Late Latin buttis); because sailors gathered around the container to talk
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