oral
adjective /ˈɔːrəl/
/ˈɔːrəl/
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
- an exam in spoken English
- 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。
- There will be a test of both oral and written French.
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
- vocal music
- spoken/oral French/English/Japanese, etc.
- spoken/oral language skills
- a test of both oral and written French
- [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
- oral hygiene
- (phonetics
) (of a speech sound语音学 ) produced by allowing air to flow through the mouth but not the nose语音 compare nasal口腔发声的;口腔的
词源early 17th cent.: from late Latin oralis, from Latin os, or- ‘mouth’.