scuttlebutt
英 ['sk?t(?)lb?t]
美['sk?tlb?t]
- n. 閑話，謠言；飲水容器；清水桶
中文詞源
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。
英文詞源
- scuttlebutt (n.)
- 1805, "cask of drinking water kept on a ship's deck, having a hole (scuttle) cut in it for a cup or dipper," from scuttle "opening in a ship's deck" (see scuttle (v.2)) + butt (n.2) "barrel." Earlier scuttle cask (1777). Meaning "rumor, gossip" first recorded 1901, originally nautical slang, traditionally said to be from the sailors' custom of gathering around the scuttlebutt to gossip. Compare water-cooler, figurative for "workplace gossip" mid-20c.
雙語例句
- 1. All this scuttlebutt was laughed off as nonsense.
- 這些小道消息被當(dāng)做一派胡言.
來自辭典例句