a currently circulating story or report of uncertain or doubtful truth 谣言;谣传;传闻,传说 they were investigating rumours of a massacre. 他们在调查有关大屠杀的传闻。 [mass noun]rumour has it that he will take a year off. 据传他将休假一年。
verb
(be rumoured)be circulated as an unverified account 谣传;传说 [with clause]it's rumoured that he lives on a houseboat. 听说他住在居住船上。 [withinfinitive]she is rumoured to have gone into hiding. 据说她已躲藏起来。
语源
late Middle English: from Old French rumur, from Latin rumor 'noise'