出处：按学科分类—语言、文字 辽宁人民出版社《英汉辞典》第1103页（274字）
【释义】：
n．传闻，谣言：start(or spread)a rumo(u)r 造谣．The rumo(u)r is totally baseless．这传闻毫无根据．Rumo(u)r has it(or There is a rumo(u)r)that Comrade Li will give us a report．传闻李同志要给我们作报告．
－vt．(常用被动式)谣传：He is rumo(u)red to be dead．谣传他已去世．