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
- 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。 - 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。 - New ideas were disseminated by word of mouth.
新想法经口头传播了出去。 - This success was achieved purely by word of mouth;
这项成功完全是靠口碑； - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - I have informed him by word of mouth.
我已口头通知他了。