rumor 是 rumour 的美式拼法，意思一樣。多益（TOEIC）用美式拼法。
rumor · rumour
核心畫面
Picture a story travelling mouth to mouth with no receipt attached: someone heard it from someone, it arrives at you, and nobody in the chain can point to where it started. The word says nothing about true or false — it only tells you how the story got here.
可以想成：一則故事一張嘴傳一張嘴地跑過來，身上沒有任何收據——某人聽某人說的，傳到你這裡，整條線上沒有人指得出源頭在…更多收起
可以想成：一則故事一張嘴傳一張嘴地跑過來，身上沒有任何收據——某人聽某人說的，傳到你這裡，整條線上沒有人指得出源頭在哪。這個字本身不判斷真假，它只交代「這個消息是怎麼到你面前的」；所以英文常說 The rumour turned out to be true，一點也不矛盾。原始詞典資料6 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
rumornoun/ˈɹuːmə/
- 1
A statement or claim of questionable accuracy, from no known reliable source, usually spread by word of mouth.
- There's a rumor going round that he's going to get married.
- vile rumor
- 2
Information or misinformation of the kind contained in such claims.
- They say he used to be a thief, but that's just rumor.
- 3
archaicReport, news, information in general.
- It stands a city aloof. There hath been no rumour of it—I alone have dreamed of it, and I may not be sure that my dreams are true.
- 4
obsoleteFame, reputation.
- 5
obsoleteClamor, din, outcry.
rumorverb/ˈɹuːmə/
- 1
To tell a rumor about; to gossip.
- John is rumored to be next in line for a promotion.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。