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。 - 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。 - 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。 - New ideas were disseminated by word of mouth.
新想法经口头传播了出去。 - He agreed by word of mouth.
他口头上同意了。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - He asked me to deliver a message by word of mouth.
他要我口头传达一条消息。 - The story has been passed down by word of mouth.
这个故事是口头流传下来的。