hearsay

hearsay /'hiəsei/
  • danh từ
    • tin đồn, lời đồn
      • to have something by hearsay: biết cái gì do nghe đồn
  • định ngữ
    • dựa vào tin đồn, do nghe đồn
      • hearsay evidence: chứng cớ dựa vào lời nghe đồn

Xem thêm: rumor, rumour



hearsay

Từ điển Collocation

hearsay noun

VERB + HEARSAY be based on, rely on Her judgements are based on hearsay rather than evidence.

HEARSAY + NOUN evidence

PREP. by ~ She discovered a world of parties and pleasure she had hitherto only known by hearsay. | from ~ They started to piece the story together from hearsay.


Từ điển WordNet

    n.

  • gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth; rumor, rumour

    adj.

  • heard through another rather than directly

    hearsay information


English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary


syn.: gossip rumor