| 释义 |
●ˌbush ˈtelegraphthe spreading of news quickly from one person to another 小道消息的不胫而走◆Everyone knew about it before it was officially announced: the bush telegraph had been at work again.
还没有正式宣布大家就都知道这事了，又是从小道消息传出来的。 ORIGIN Bush in this phrase refers to the areas of wild land in Australia. Bush telegraph originally meant the people who informed bushrangers (= criminals who lived in the bush) about the movements of the police. * bush 在这个短语中指澳大利亚的荒野。bush telegraph 原指向 bushranger （荒野匪徒）就警方行动通风报信的人。 |