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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- oral
['ɔːrəl]
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1.
adjective
[+test]
[ report]
(spoken) 口头的
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2.
adjective
[+vaccine]
[ medicine]
[ contraceptive]
口服的
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3.
noun
[c]
(spoken examination) 口试
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oral sex
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口交
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- oral
[ˈɔːrəl]
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1.
adjective
口头的
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2.
adjective
适用于口的，口服的
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3.
adjective
口的，口腔的
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4.
adjective
[Psychoanalysis]
口唇期的，口欲期的
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5.
n.[c]
[American English]
口试
Collins English-English Dictionary
- oral
['ɔːrəl]
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adj
spoken or verbal
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an oral agreement
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2.
adj
relating to, affecting, or for use in the mouth
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an oral thermometer
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3.
adj
of or relating to the surface of an animal, such as a jellyfish, on which the mouth is situated
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4.
adj
denoting a drug to be taken by mouth - Compare parenteral
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an oral contraceptive
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5.
adj
of, relating to, or using spoken words
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6.
adj
[phonetics]
pronounced with the soft palate in a raised position completely closing the nasal cavity and allowing air to pass out only through the mouth
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7.
adj
[psychoanal]
relating to a stage of psychosexual development during which the child's interest is concentrated on the mouth
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8.
adj
denoting personality traits, such as dependence, selfishness, and aggression, resulting from fixation at the oral stage - Compare anal genital phallic
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9.
n
an examination in which the questions and answers are spoken rather than written
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10.
n
[Etymology]
C17: from Late Latin oralis, from Latin os face
Examples
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According to oral tradition, Feast of Weeks was the time of giving the Torah or The Law of Moses at Mount Sinai.
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按照口头传统，七七节是摩西律法在西奈山诞生的日子.
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It is an oral history，passed on from generation to generation.
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这是一段祖祖辈辈、口口相传的历史。
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the oral cavity
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an oral thermometer
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oral route
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口试
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oral examination; oral test
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