Taylor Swift Fans Grapple With Breakup Reports

To quote Taylor Swift’s own lyrics, “The rumors are terrible and cruel, but honey most of them are true.” Fans of Ms. Swift spent much of the weekend grappling with the possibility that the “Midnights” singer and her longtime boyfriend, the British actor Joe Alwyn, had broken up, after reports from “Entertainment Tonight” and People magazine said the couple was through. “ET” was vague about how it had come by the information, saying in its story on Friday afternoon only that it had “learned” that Ms. Swift and Mr. Alwyn had split. A few hours later, People matched the report with a story of its own citing an unnamed person close to the pair as its source. Both outlets said the breakup had occurred weeks ago.

tips

quote：引用

lyrics：歌词（lyric 抒情的）

rumor：谣言，传闻

cruel：残酷的，残忍的，残暴的；引起痛苦的

grapple：努力接受；抓住；掌握

through：adj 直达的；完结的；断绝的；prep. 穿过

vague：含糊的；不清楚的

outlet：这里指 media outlet 媒体