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

scuttlebuttscuttlebutt /ˈskʌt̮lˌbʌt/ noun [uncountable] informal

ETYMOLOGYscuttlebutt

Origin: 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

stories about other people’s personal lives, especially stories that are unkind and untrue SYN gossip, rumor

单词	scuttlebutt
释义	scuttlebuttscuttlebutt /ˈskʌt̮lˌbʌt/ noun [uncountable] informal Etymology ETYMOLOGYscuttlebutt Origin: 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 stories about other people’s personal lives, especially stories that are unkind and untrue SYN gossip, rumor
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