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spoken rather than written 口头的 a test of both oral and written French 法语口试和笔试 oral evidence 口头证据 stories passed on by oral tradition 口头流传的故事。
Synonyms spokenspokencompare verbalTopics Languagec1- oral
- vocal
- spoken (of language) produced using the voice; said rather than written:
an exam in spoken English 英语口语考试
- oral [usually before noun] spoken rather than written:
There will be a test of both oral and written French. 将有一次法语口试和笔试。
spoken or oral? Both of these words can be used to refer to language skills and the communication of information: spoken/oral French • a spoken/oral presentation. In these cases oral is slightly more technical than spoken. Oral but not spoken can also be used with words such as tradition, culture and legends to talk about the way in which people pass stories down from one generation to the next, and in legal contexts followed by words such as evidence and hearing.用 spoken 还是 oral? - vocal [usually before noun] connected with the voice:
vocal music 声乐 the vocal organs (= the tongue, lips, etc.) 发声器官
- spoken/oral French/English/Japanese, etc.
- spoken/oral language skills
- [only before noun]
connected with the mouth 用口的;口腔的;口服的 oral hygiene 口腔卫生 oral sex (= using the mouth to stimulate somebody’s sex organs) 口交 an oral contraceptive (= that is swallowed like medicine) 口服避孕药
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phonetics )语音学 (of a speech sound )语音 produced by allowing air to flow through the mouth but not the nose compare nasal口腔发声的;口腔的
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from late Latin oralis, from Latin os, or- ‘mouth’.