scuttlebutt飲水桶,流言蜚語,謠言
scuttle,鑿孔,開孔,butt,酒桶,水桶,詞源同 bottle.字面意思為飲水桶,原為航海俚語,指 船員聚集在船艙甲板飲水桶處閑聊,引申詞義流言蜚語,謠言等。
Scuttlebutt Reconciliation整體協調
scuttlebutt method閑聊投資法
1. All this scuttlebutt was laughed off as nonsense.
漢這些小道消息被當做一派胡言.
來自辭典例句
1. a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people;
"the divorce caused much gossip"