with obj. and adverbial
- spread ( report or rumour) widely散播（传闻或谣言）：
he didn't want to have our relationship bruited about the office.
他不想让我们的关系在办公室传播开去。
1
- archaic a report or rumour〈古〉传闻, 谣传。
2
- Medicine a sound, especially an abnormal one, heard through a stethoscope; a murmur【医】（尤指听诊中听到的）杂音。
词源
late Middle English (as a noun)： from Old French bruit 'noise'， from bruire 'to roar'.