0 an unofficial interesting story or piece of news that might be true or invented, and quickly spreads from person to person -- 流言；謠傳；傳聞
Rumours are going round (the school) about Mr Mason and his assistant. 有關梅森先生和他助手的流言蜚語（在學校裡）滿天飛。
[ + that ] She's circulating/spreading rumours that the manager is going to resign. 她到處散播謠言，說經理要辭職了。
I heard a rumour that she'd been seeing Luke Harrison. 我聽到有傳言說她一直跟盧克．哈里森在一起。
Rumour has it (that) you're going to be the next managing director. Is it true? 大家都說你將成為下一任總經理，這是不是真的？
I heard a rumour that she's leaving, but apparently there's nothing in it.
A rumour has surfaced that the company is about to go out of business.
He denied all responsibility for the rumours that have been circulating.
The company moved quickly to quash rumours that it is losing money.
I plan to address the political uses of gossip and rumour in the eighteenth century at greater length elsewhere.
We have seen how rumours about the general strike persisted right from the middle of 1920 to 1921.
Rather, the rumours of bloodsuckers indicate a flexible ' truth ' that is negotiated through talking, since hearsay is a kind of truth when people believe it.
