| 释义 |
by word of mouth
Thesaurus| Adv. | 1. | by word of mouth - orally; "I heard it viva voce"viva voce | | 2. | by word of mouth - by spoken rather than written means; "these stories were transmitted by word of mouth"orally |
Translationsword (wəːd) noun1. the smallest unit of language (whether written, spoken or read). 單字 单词2. a (brief) conversation. I'd like a (quick) word with you in my office. (簡短)談話 （简短）谈话 3. news. When you get there, send word that you've arrived safely. 消息 消息4. a solemn promise. He gave her his word that it would never happen again. 諾言 诺言 verb to express in written or spoken language. How are you going to word the letter so that it doesn't seem rude? 用言語表達 用言词表达ˈwording noun the manner of expressing something, the choice of words etc. 措詞 措词ˈword processor noun a program for writing or editing texts, letters etc and storing them in the computer's memory; a computer used for doing this. 文字處理器(或軟體) （计）文字处理软件 ˈword processing noun 文字處理 文字处理ˌword-ˈperfect adjective repeated, or able to repeat something, precisely in the original words. a word-perfect performance; He wants to be word-perfect by next week's rehearsal. (能夠)一字不漏地背誦 一字不错地熟记的by word of mouth by one person telling another in speech, not in writing. She got the information by word of mouth. 口頭的 口头的get a word in edgeways to break into a conversation etc and say something. 插話 插话in a word to sum up briefly. In a word, I don't like him. 總歸一句話 一句话，总而言之 keep/break one's word to keep or fail to keep one's promise. (未)遵守諾言 遵守诺言／失言 take (someone) at his/her word to believe (someone) without question and act according to his words. 相信並遵照某人的話 相信并遵照某人的话take someone's word for it to assume that what someone says is correct (without checking). (未查證便)相信某人的話 （未查证便）相信某人的话 word for word in the exact, original words. That's precisely what he told me, word for word. 逐字的 逐字的by word of mouth
by word of mouthThrough the verbal sharing of information. A: "How did you hear about our bakery?" B: "Oh, by word of mouth. My dad told me about it." We don't have the budget for a big marketing campaign, so we'll just have to hope that buzz about our shop gets spread by word of mouth.See also: by, mouth, of, wordby word of mouthby speaking rather than writing. I learned about it by word of mouth. I need it in writing. I don't trust things I hear about by word of mouth.See also: by, mouth, of, wordword of mouth, byOrally, by one person telling another, as in They don't advertise; they get all their customers by word of mouth. [Mid-1500s] See also: by, of, wordby ˌword of ˈmouth in spoken, not written, words: The news spread by word of mouth.‘By word of mouse’ (= a computer mouse) is a humorous version of this that refers to communication by email, etc.See also: by, mouth, of, wordword of mouth, byOrally. This phrase dates from the sixteenth century and persists to the present, though simply “orally” would be more direct. “A little message unto hir by worde of mouth,” wrote Nicholas Udall in Ralph Roister Doister (ca. 1553), presumably differentiating it from a written message.See also: by, of, wordEncyclopediaSeeWordAcronymsSeeBWOMby word of mouth
Synonyms for by word of mouthadv orallySynonymsadv by spoken rather than written meansSynonyms |