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
- "Oh, by word of mouth."?
哦，通过口耳相传。 - I didn't read about it but heard the news by word of mouth.
我不是读到这消息，而是听来的。 - That story isn't true, of course; it's an urban legend, circulating by word of mouth since the1970s.
当然，这故事不是真的，这是一个都市传传说，从二十世纪七十年代口口相传至今。 - 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。 - These storytellers passed on the earliest tales about Arthur by word of mouth.
亚瑟王的故事就是通过这些游呤诗人的口述流传下来的。 - 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。 - 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。 - This success was achieved purely by word of mouth;
这项成功完全是靠口碑； - News also travels by word of mouth or through mobile phones.
消息也通过口耳或手机信息的方式传播。 - The Scriptures and other apocryphal works were passed down either by word of mouth and through song, and much later in works of art that did much to instruct the believer.
经文和其他伪经作品或者是通过口头和唱颂，更加后期的是通过艺术作品来流传下来，对信仰者有很大的指引。