0 an unofficial interesting story or piece of news that might be true or invented, and quickly spreads from person to person -- 流言;谣传;传闻
Rumours are going round (the school) about Mr Mason and his assistant. 有关梅森先生和他助手的流言蜚语(在学校里)满天飞。
[ + that ] She's circulating/spreading rumours that the manager is going to resign. 她到处散播谣言,说经理要辞职了。
I heard a rumour that she'd been seeing Luke Harrison. 我听到有传言说她一直跟卢克‧哈里森在一起。
Rumour has it (that) you're going to be the next managing director. Is it true? 大家都说你将成为下一任总经理,这是不是真的?
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.