| 单词 | rumor mill |
| 释义 | rumor mill noun[S] US(UKrumour mill)us/ˈruː.mɚ ˌmɪl/uk/ˈruː.mə ˌmɪl/asituationin which anumberofpeoplespreadrumorsabout something: Recently therumormillwent intooverdrivewithsuggestionsthat thecouplemightsplit. Gossip and rumour
Examplesofrumor millrumor mill Of course, the camerarumormillis as hot as ever these days, so there always could be some surprises in store. FromThe Verge Still, therumormillchurned even though nearly a year passed after filming completed before there was any evidence the two were dating. FromHuffington Post This time, no return date was given, and therumormillwent into overdrive. FromNBCNews.com Depending on the event, you may be dealing with a distributed population, interrupted communication and arumormillrunning rampant. FromLos Angeles Times Over many years, realtors, the local newspaper, private pre-schools, and therumormillhave steered middle class families away from the public schools. FromHuffington Post Here's the latest from around therumormill. FromNJ.com He reassured me by telling me that the threat was picked up through the jailhouserumormilland probably would not amount to much. FromHuffington Post Therumormillhas started to churn. FromSan Francisco Chronicle According to therumormillhe worked only several hours a day and spent most of time attending to his toilet. From theCambridge English Corpus You're trafficking in junk science, in thoroughly debunked science, in the dizzy stuff of rumor mills and conspiracy theories. FromTIME None of this, however, ever got beyond the proposal stage, or therumormill, to become actual policy. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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