Tin, tin tức

good news

tin mừng, tin vui, tin lành

bad news

tin buồn, tin dữ

What's the news?

Có tin tức gì mới?

ill news flies apace; bad news travels quickly

tin dữ lan nhanh

no news is good news

không có tin tức gì là bình yên

That's no news to me

Tôi đã biết tin đó rồi

to break the news to sb

là người đầu tiên báo tin cho ai

tin tức

N.

Tidings, word, information, advice, intelligence; rumour,talk, gossip, hearsay, dirt, scandal, expos‚, Colloq info,low-down, scoop, US scuttlebutt, Slang dope: What's the latestnews about the situation in the Middle East?

Dispatch ordespatch, report, account, story, communication, bulletin,communiqu‚, announcement, information, message, word, statement,(press) release, (news)flash: The news from our correspondentcontains no mention of finding a cache of arms. 3 newscast, newsbroadcast or telecast, news programme; newsflash: Please bequiet so that I can listen to the news.

(good) copy,front-page news, (hot) item: The royal family is always news.

N.pl.

(usu. treated as sing.) 1 information about important orinteresting recent events, esp. when published or broadcast.

(prec. by the) a broadcast report of news.

Newly received ornoteworthy information.

(foll. by to) colloq. information notpreviously known (to a person) (that's news to me).

Newsless adj. [ME, pl. of NEW after OFnoveles or med.L nova neut. pl. of novus new]