“talebearer”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

talebearer

释义

talebearer|ˈteɪlˌbɛərə(r)|
[f. tale n. + bearer.]
One who officiously carries reports of private matters to gratify malice or idle curiosity.
1478Maldon, Essex, Court Rolls (Bundle 50, No. 8), Isabella Aylemer est a taleberer betuyx man and man.1560J. Daus tr. Sleidane's Comm. 21 b, He admonisheth him to gyue no credit to talebearers.1641Hinde Life J. Bruen lii. 173 He would shut his eares against tale-bearers, being the very seed-men of strife.1774Mrs. Delany in Life & Corr. Ser. ii. (1862) II. 75 We have heard nothing by the newspapers, but they are false talebearers.1855Macaulay Hist. Eng. xii. III. 207 These words were spoken in private; but some talebearer repeated them to the Commons.

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