汉英词典
MEANING OF 空穴来风
空穴来风
(空穴來風)
lit. wind from an empty cave (idiom) / fig. unfounded (story) / baseless (claim)
The wind enters only when there is a cave / The spread of metaphorical news and rumors is not entirely without reason / It is also a metaphor for rumors to spread
穴孔、洞；来招致。有了洞穴才进风。比喻消息和谣言的传播不是完全没有原因的。也比喻流言乘机会传开来。
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这些担忧并非空穴来风。 Such fears are not just paranoia. | ||
他们的担心并非空穴来风。 Their worries are not wholly unfounded. | ||
癌症在娱乐圈的高发率并不是空穴来风。 Of cancer in the high incidence of entertainment is not groundless. | ||
提高个税起征点的说法当然也不是空穴来风。 In raising the tax threshold to say, of course, is not groundless. | ||
例如一名营养学家就曾告诉我说红曲米有降低胆固醇的作用，而且绝非空穴来风。 For example, a nutritionist told me that Red Yeast Rice has been shown to be effective in lowering cholesterol. | ||
