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单词 gossip columns
释义

gossip /gosˈip/

noun
  1. Idle chat
  2. Tittle-tattle
  3. Scandalous rumours
  4. Easy familiar writing
  5. Someone who goes about telling and hearing news, or idle, malicious and scandalous tales
  6. A familiar friend (archaic; Spenser gossˈib)
  7. A woman friend who comes to attend a birth (archaic)
  8. A sponsor at baptism (in relation to child, parent, or other sponsor) (archaic or dialect)
intransitive verb (pat gossˈiped)
  1. To run about telling idle or malicious tales
  2. To talk a lot, prattle
  3. To chat
transitive verb
  1. To tell or spread as gossip
  2. To stand godfather or gossip to (obsolete; Shakespeare and Milton)
ORIGIN: OE godsibb godfather, one who is sib in God, ie spiritually related

gossˈiping noun and adjective

gossˈipry noun

gossˈipy adjective

gossip column noun

The newspaper column written by a gossip-writer

gossip columnist noun

gossip mill noun

A place or institution where gossip is continually created and circulated

gossˈip-monger noun

A person who spreads gossip and rumours

gossˈip-writer noun

A journalist who writes articles about the lives and loves of well-known people

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