oral

oral
adjective
  1. 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
  2. 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
  1. a spoken examination or test
    口试
    a French oral.
    法语口试。
派生
orally
adverb
语源
  1. early 17th cent.: from late Latin oralis, from Latin os, or- 'mouth'
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