All this scuttlebutt was laughed off as nonsense .

这些小道消息被当做一派胡言而一笑置之。

The scuttlebutt is that the aide will step aside in 2010 to make way for an election bid by mr biden 's son , currently serving in iraq .

有流言说：该助手将在2010年将让位于现今在伊拉克服役的拜登的儿子。

Since the iphone is the apple 's golden goose right now , it 's no surprise that it also commands the largest share of the aforementioned scuttlebutt .

既然iphone现在是apple会下金蛋的鹅，引出大量小道消息就不奇怪了。

Do you believe that scuttlebutt about helen having an affair with her boss ?

你相信关于海伦和她老板有恋情的谣言？

With luck the reporters would follow up on the scuttlebutt without mentioning its source , assuring themselves that they had got the story through their " contacts " .

如果幸运的话，记者会跟进这一线索但不会提到消息来源，让自己相信是通过他们自己的“线人”获得线索的。