start a rumor 造谣

谣言：rumor /'rʊmɚ/

但“造谣”可不是make a rumor！

make只能表达 “编造出谣言”，想表达 “编造并传播” 谣言，地道的说法是 “start a rumor”。

I see Adam's hand in this , It would be just like him to start such a rumor .

我看得出来亚当在背后搞鬼，散布这种谣言很像他的作风。

Who started the rumor that I’m pregnant?

谁造的谣说我怀孕了？

He started the rumor to embarrass me.

他造谣就是为了让我难堪。

此外，造谣还可以用：cook up a story来表示↓↓↓

cook up =虚构，伪造。

"Tell me why you were late getting to school, and don't cook up a story that I won't believe, " Matthew's mother said.

“告诉我为什么上学迟到了，别编造，我不会相信的。”马休的妈妈说。