by word of mouth; spoken rather than written 口头的,口语的 they had reached an oral agreement. 他们达成了口头协议。 ■relating to the transmission of information or literature by word of mouth rather than in writing 口述的 oral literature. 口述文学。 ■(of a society) not having reached the stage of literacy (社会)没有文字的
of or relating to the mouth (与)口(有关)的 oral hygiene. 口腔卫生。 ■done or taken by the mouth 用口的,口服的 oral contraceptives. 口服避孕药。 ■(Psychoanalysis)(in Freudian theory) relating to or denoting a stage of infantile psychosexual development in which the mouth is the main source of pleasure and the centre of experience (心理分析)口欲的,口唇的
noun
a spoken examination or test 口试 a French oral. 法语口试。
派生 orally adverb 语源
early 17th cent.: from late Latin oralis, from Latin os, or- 'mouth'