ru·mour /ˈrumɚ/
 謠言,傳聞(vt.)謠傳
 Ru·mor n.  [Written also rumour.]
 1. A flying or popular report; the common talk; hence, public fame; notoriety.
    This rumor of him went forth throughout all Judea, and throughout all the region round about.   --Luke vii. 17.
    Great is the rumor of this dreadful knight.   --Shak.
 2. A current story passing from one person to another, without any known authority for its truth; -- in this sense often personified.
 Rumor next, and Chance,
 And Tumult, and Confusion, all embroiled.   --Milton.
 3. A prolonged, indistinct noise. [Obs.]
 rumour
      n : gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed
          around by word of mouth [syn: rumor, hearsay]
      v : tell or spread rumors; "It was rumored that the next
          president would be a woman" [syn: rumor, bruit]