of or relating to the ear or the sense of hearing 耳的;听觉的 aural anatomy. 耳部解剖。 information held in written, aural, or visual form. 以书面或视听形式保留的信息。
派生 aurally adverb 语源
mid 19th cent.: from Latin auris 'ear' + -al
用法
The words aural and oral have the same pronunciation in standard English, which is sometimes a source of confusion. However, although a distinctive pronunciation for aural has been proposed(ˈaʊr(ə)l, the first syllable rhyming with cow), it has not yet become standard