by word of mouth
英 [baɪ wɜːd ɒv maʊθ]
美 [baɪ wɜːrd əv maʊθ]
网络 口头; 口口相传; 口头的; 口碑遂不胫而走
英英释义
adv
- by spoken rather than written means
- these stories were transmitted by word of mouth
- orally
- I heard it viva voce
双语例句
- Writers for radio next learned how to suggest place and time by word of mouth, accompanied by the impressionistic use of sound and music.
后来，广播节目撰稿人学会了用口播语词表现时问和地点，同时伴随着旨在加强印象的声音和音乐。 - We may call God's word transmitted by word of mouth fluid revelations, and the record made by Moses solid revelations.
对用口授方式传达上帝的话，我们可谓之流体启示，而对那由摩西写的记录，叫做固体启示。 - All the orders were given by word of mouth to avoid leaving written evidence which might be later discovered.
所有的命令都是口头传达，以免留下以后可能会被发现的书面证据。 - I have informed him by word of mouth.
我已口头通知他了。 - Legends of the'Dreamtime'are handed down by word of mouth and by totem from generation to generation.
创世记的传说以口头和图腾的形式一代代传下来。 - I'm so pleased you've been able to come this evening, and I hope you didn't mind getting your invitation by word of mouth.
我非常高兴你今晚能来，我希望你不要介意未给你发书面邀请，只是口头上邀请你来。 - Folk tales are traditional stories'of the people'that are handed down from one generation to another by word of mouth.
民间故事是用口耳相传的方式一代代流传下来的“老百姓的”传统故事。 - Folklore is oral; that is, it passes by word of mouth from one person to another and from one generation to the next.
说民俗具有口头性，是因为它是经口头的形式从这人到那人，从这一代到下一代传承下来的。 - The paper said the rumor first circulated online and spread to rural areas by word of mouth.
该报说谣言首先在网上散布，然后通过口口相传扩散到农村。 - He declared a much greater willingness to make mean concessions by word of mouth than on paper.
比起书面表达来，他更愿意用口头语言来表达这种使他感觉不好意思的让步。