scuttlebutt

FREQ #41511

n. 饮水容器, 清水桶, 谣言

发音

UK /ˈskʌtəlbʌt/
其它
US /ˈskʌtəlˌbʌt/
US /-ɾəl-/

词形变化

scuttlebutts 复数 scuttlebutts scuttlebutted scuttlebutting scuttlebutts 三单 scuttlebutting 现在分词 scuttlebutted 过去式 scuttlebutted 过去分词

别名

scuttlebug scuttle-butt

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Originally (now chiefly historical), a cask with a hole cut into its top, used to provide drinking water on board a ship; now (by extension, informal), a drinking fountain on a modern ship.

    可数 航海 交通 不可数
  2. 2.

    Gossip, idle chatter; also, rumour.

    俚语 不可数 航海 交通 可数
v.
  1. 1.

    To spread (information) by way of gossip or rumour.

    罕用 俚语 及物
  2. 2.

    To chat idly or gossip; also, to spread rumours.

    不及物 俚语

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

comment gossip

上位词 2

report account

下位词 10

talk dirt scandal rumor rumour pipeline hearsay grapevine earful word of mouth

词源

The noun is derived from scuttle (“to cut a hole through (something)”) + butt (“wooden cask”). Noun sense 2 (“gossip, idle chatter; rumour”) refers to the fact that sailors would gather around the scuttlebutt to drink and exchange gossip; compare furphy and water cooler. The verb is derived from the noun.

来源：wiktionary