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
- 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。 - I have only heard that I got the job by word of mouth. I am still waiting for written confirmation.
我仅仅是听说我得到了这个职位。我还在等待书面确认。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - The news was carried by word of mouth to every settlement.
这条新闻被口头传播到每一个部落。 - He asked me to deliver a message by word of mouth.
他要我口头传达一条消息。 - 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。 - 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。