grapevine

英 [ˈɡreɪpvaɪn]

美 [ˈɡreɪpvaɪn]

n.  小道消息; 传闻

复数：grapevines　

TEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.18814 / COCA.17269

习惯用语

n.

on/through the grapevine
• 小道消息；传闻
  by talking in an informal way to other people
• I heard on the grapevine that you're leaving.
  我听小道消息说你要离开。

柯林斯词典

• N-SING 小道消息;传闻
  If you hear or learn somethingon the grapevine, you hear it or learn it in casual conversation with other people.
  1. He'd doubtless heard rumours on the grapevine...
     他无疑是听到了小道消息。
  2. I had heard through the grapevine that he was quite critical of what we were doing.
     我听到有传言说他对我们在做的工作非常不满。
• 葡萄藤
  Agrapevineis a climbing plant on which grapes grow.

英英释义

noun

• gossip spread by spoken communication
  1. the news of their affair was spread by word of mouth
  Synonym:pipelineword of mouth
• any of numerous woody vines of genus Vitis bearing clusters of edible berries
  Synonym:grapegrape vine

双语例句

• Plant disorder occurred on wild and cultivated grapevines caused by phytoplasmas infection is usually called grapevine yellows.
  野生和栽培葡萄上的植原体病害由于引起叶片黄化而被称为葡萄黄化病。
• I've just got it through the grapevine.
  我也只是顺藤摸瓜而已。
• Study on the Method of Extraction, Separation and Purification of Polyphenol from Mature Grapevine Cane
  葡萄成熟枝条中多酚类物质提取及分离纯化方法的研究
• They were told to desist from spreading grapevine news.
  已告诉他们停止散布小道消息。
• Lulu: Well, I heard it through the grapevine that you have another girlfriend.
  露露：这个嘛，我听说你有另一个女朋友。
• Sequence analysis of the genes of two isolates of Grapevine leafroll-associated viruses from Liaoning
  葡萄卷叶伴随病毒2号和3号辽宁分离物部分基因组的序列分析
• I heard through the grapevine that Mark and Julie just broke up.
  听小道消息说马克和茱莉分手了。
• This grapevine has grown many new twigs.
  这棵葡萄长出了许多新条。
• Studies on the Nitrogen Metabolism in the Process of Dormancy and Germinating of Grapevine
  葡萄休眠和萌发过程中氮素代谢的研究
• I heard about your success through the office grapevine.
  我透过办公室的内线管道听说了你的成功。