( <美> rumor)
- a currently circulating story or report of uncertain or doubtful truth谣言; 谣传; 传闻, 传说：
they were investigating rumours of a massacre
他们在调查有关大屠杀的传闻
mass noun rumour has it that he will take a year off.据传他将休假一年。
verb
be rumoured
- be circulated as an unverified account谣传; 传说：
with clause it's rumoured that he lives on a houseboat听说他住在居住船上
with infinitive she is rumoured to have gone into hiding.据说她已躲藏起来。
词源
late Middle English: from Old French rumur, from Latin rumor 'noise'.