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单词 grapevine
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
grape•vine /ˈgreɪpˌvaɪn/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. Plant Biologya vine that bears grapes.
  2. an informal, person-to-person means of spreading gossip or information:I heard it through the grapevine.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
grape•vine  (grāp′vīn′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Plant Biologya vine that bears grapes.
  2. Also called grape′vine tel′egraph. a person-to-person method of spreading rumors, gossip, information, etc., by informal or unofficial conversation, letter writing, or the like.
  3. a private or secret source of information.
  • 1645–55; 1860–65, American. for def. 2; grape + vine

Grape•vine  (grāp′vīn′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Place Namesa town in N Texas. 11,801.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
grapevine /ˈɡreɪpˌvaɪn/ n
  1. any of several vitaceous vines of the genus Vitis, esp V. vinifera of E Asia, widely cultivated for its fruit (grapes): family Vitaceae
  2. informal an unofficial means of relaying information, esp from person to person
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