The keenest of bucolic minds felt a whispering awe at the sight of the gentry ( george eliot 乡下人，极为敏感的心灵使他们看到文雅的人便感到一种窃窃的敬畏（乔?艾略特） 。
Candice : every time i see you gossiping about someone , i know it ' s about me ! what was he saying 坎迪斯:每次我看到你们窃窃细语谈论某人时，我都知道是关于我的！他刚在说什么？
The selfish , smiling fool , and the sullen , frowning fool shall be both thought wise , that they may be a rod 窃窃自笑的傻瓜和愁眉苦脸的都应看作是聪明的，他们也许是同一根棍子的两端。
The sky shadow in the garden loves the sun in silence , flowers guess the secret , and smile , while the leaves whisper 花园里的阴影默默地爱着太阳，花儿猜到了这秘密，含情脉脉地微笑，而树叶却窃窃细语。
M . d epinay became very pale ; he looked round him a second time , several members of the club were whispering , and getting their arms from under their cloaks 伊皮奈先生的脸色变得十分苍白。又一次环顾四周有几个俱乐部的会员在交头接耳，窃窃私议，在大氅底下摸他们的武器。
And amid this swooning murmur , these perishing sighs of sound , the orchestra struck up the small , lively notes of a waltz with a vagabond rhythm bubbling with roguish laughter 在窃窃的低语声沉寂下来，叹息声正在消逝时，乐队以欢快的小音符倏地奏起了一段华尔兹乐曲，曲子的节奏粗俗，里面还夹杂着猥亵的笑声。
I started to hear the gossips my mother whispered to her mahjong friends , that mrs . cheung used to be mrs . chen . her child was only three ! someone added this footnote 看到玉女私情里复杂的母女关系，耳畔彷佛响起了母亲跟朋友们一边打麻将，一边窃窃议论起张家太太本来是陈家太太的故事那时候她的孩子才三岁呢！
