grapevine [ˈɡrepˌvaɪn]

例句:

• He'd doubtless heard rumours on the grapevine.
  他无疑是听到了小道消息。
  
• I heard about your success on the office grapevine.
  我听到了办公室的传闻,说你取得了成功.
  
• I had heard through the grapevine that he was quite critical of what we were doing.
  我听到有传言说他对我们在做的工作非常不满。
  
• He got to know of it through the grapevine.
  来自NEWYORKER
• The grapevine says I'm finished.
  来自J. Heller
• Contacts who had heard, on the grapevine, that he was looking for work.
  来自T. Heald