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
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - It became famous by word of mouth.
它靠传闻出名了。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。