A rumor is one thing that gets thicker instead of thinner as it is spread.
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n. 事件，形势;东西，事物;家伙;事业;
"She was the only thing that made life bearable."
只因有了她生活才可以过得下去。
近义：item, knickknack, article, object, tchotchke, thingamabob
adv. 代替，顶替;反而;反倒;
💡 在(in)三杯(s)茶(tea)里用靴子(b) 代替杯子
"Lee was ill so I went instead."
李病了，所以我去了。
近义：however, rather
vt.& vi. 伸开;展开;（使）传播;（使）散布;
n. 范围;连续的一段时间;
vt. 涂;把…覆盖在…上(over);把…敲平;散发（气、烟等）;
vi. （景色、景致）展现;传开;（人群）散开;软化;
adj. 张开的;[语言学]双唇展开的;（宝石）扁薄发光的;（文章、照片等）跨两栏（或多栏）的;
💡 专家(sp)读(read)的书在 传播
"to spread muck on the fields"
将粪肥撒到地里
近义：outspread, scatter, shower, sparkle, spill, splay
反义：hide, mask, occult, shield, shroud, veil
n. <美>传闻;[古]名誉;咕哝;[古]喧嚷;
vt. 谣传;传说;
💡 后缀:or 表示物 网友： 补充：谐音---谣言会“辱没”（rumor）人。
"Rumor has it that he is having an affair with his secretary."
谣传他和他的秘书有暧昧关系.
近义：rumour, spread, hearsay, murmur, babbling, scuttlebutt
反义：measure, moderation, prudence, temperance, wariness, wisdom
abbr. 政府电子贸易服务（Government Electronic Tendering Service）；美国政府应急电信服务（Government Emergency Telecommunications Service）