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单词 orality
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
o•ral•i•ty  (ô rali tē, ō ral-),USA pronunciation n. [Psychoanal.]
  1. Psychology, Psychiatrythe condition or quality of being oral;
    collectively, the personality traits characteristic of the oral phase of psychosexual development.
  • oral + -ity 1660–70

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
orality /ɔːˈrælɪtɪ/ n
  1. the quality of being oral
  2. a tendency to favour the spoken rather than the written form of language
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
o•ral /ˈɔrəl/USA pronunciation   adj. 
  1. made or expressed by the mouth;
    spoken:oral testimony; oral exams.
  2. Linguisticsof, using, or carried by speech:oral teaching methods.
  3. Anatomyinvolving the mouth:oral hygiene.

n. [countable] Usually, orals. [plural]
  1. an oral examination in a school, college, or university.
o•ral•ly, adv. 

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
o•ral  (ôrəl, ōr-),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. uttered by the mouth;
    spoken:oral testimony.
  2. Linguisticsof, using, or transmitted by speech:oral methods of language teaching; oral traditions.
  3. Anatomyof, pertaining to, or involving the mouth:the oral cavity.
  4. done, taken, or administered through the mouth:an oral dose of medicine.
  5. Phoneticsarticulated with none of the voice issuing through the nose, as the normal English vowels and the consonants b andv. 
  6. Psychology, Psychiatry
    • of or pertaining to the earliest phase of infantile psychosexual development, lasting from birth to one year of age or longer, during which pleasure is obtained from eating, sucking, and biting.
    • of or pertaining to the sublimation of feelings experienced during the oral stage of childhood:oral anxiety.
    • of or pertaining to gratification by stimulation of the lips or membranes of the mouth, as in sucking, eating, or talking
  7. Zoologypertaining to that surface of polyps and marine animals that contains the mouth and tentacles.

n. 
  1. an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given esp. to a candidate for an advanced degree.
  • Latin ōr- (stem of ōs) mouth (cognate with Sanskrit āsya) + -al1
  • 1615–25
o•rali•ty, n. 
oral•ly, adv. 
    1. See verbal. 

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