hear·say /ˈhɪrˌse/
風聞,傳聞(a.)傳聞的
Hear·say n. Report; rumor; fame; common talk; something heard from another.
Much of the obloquy that has so long rested on the memory of our great national poet originated in frivolous hearsays of his life and conversation. --Prof. Wilson.
Hearsay evidence Law, that species of testimony which consists in a narration by one person of matters told him by another. It is, with a few exceptions, inadmissible as testimony.
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hearsay
adj : heard through another rather than directly; "hearsay
information"
n : gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed
around by word of mouth [syn: rumor, rumour]