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
- He was trying to be very quiet about it but the news that he had won the lottery spread rapidly by word of mouth.
他本来不想别人知道，但是他中了彩票头奖的消息还是很快口头传开了。 - 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。 - Declare the past to him by word of mouth she could not; but there was another way.
当面把自己的过去坦诚相告，她做不到，不过还有另外的办法。 - He asked me to deliver a message by word of mouth.
他要我口头传达一条消息。 - 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。 - I have informed him by word of mouth.
我已口头通知他了。 - 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。 - 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。 - Only by word of mouth, from mind to mind, could they pass on the secret.
他们只有靠用嘴巴才能把他们头脑中的秘密传来传去。 - He agreed by word of mouth.
他口头上同意了。