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
- 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。 - 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。 - 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 story has been passed down by word of mouth.
这个故事是口头流传下来的。 - Gossip ( usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth.
口头传播的闲话（通常有真实的也有不真实的）。 - "Oh, by word of mouth."?
哦，通过口耳相传。 - 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。 - It became famous by word of mouth.
它靠传闻出名了。 - 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。 - 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。