(1)新闻，消息;新闻报导(report of，or information about recent events)[U]：city/current/headline/the latest/radio/today's～ 城市新闻/时事/头条新闻/最新消息/广播新闻/今日新闻;Is there any～about your friend? 有关于你朋友的消息吗? Did you hear the 7 o'clock～? 你收听7点钟的新闻了吗? Have you heard the～—John's getting married!你听说了吗?约翰快结婚了!No～is good～. 没有消息就是好消息。That's～to me. 那对我是新闻。He is always in the～. 他一直是新闻人物。Here is the～. (广播用语)现在报告新闻。Good～goes on crutches. 好事不出门。Ill～flies apace. 坏事传千里。The～lasts an hour. 新闻播报持续一小时。〖同〗information，report，story，message;

(2)新闻人物(地名，事件) (any fact，event，or happening that is interesting enough to be reported)[U]：When a dog bites a man that is not～，but when a man bites a dog that is～. 狗咬人不新鲜，人咬狗可是新闻。She's hot～in the film world. 她是电影界走红的新闻人物。Football stars are always～. 足球明星总是新闻人物。

break the news (to sb) 最先(向某人)道出实情(尤指令人惊异或不愉快的事)：I suppose I'll have to be the one to break the～to him about his bad examination results. 恐怕得由我把他考砸了的消息告诉他了。

→′newsy adj 充满消息的