Verbal

(adj.) communicated in the form of words; 'verbal imagery'; 'a verbal protest' .

(adj.) prolix; 'you put me to forget a lady's manners by being so verbal'- Shakespeare .

(adj.) relating to or having facility in the use of words; 'a good poet is a verbal artist'; 'a merely verbal writer who sacrifices content to sound'; 'verbal aptitude' .

(adj.) expressed in spoken words; 'a verbal contract' .

(adj.) of or relating to or formed from a verb; 'verbal adjectives like `running' in `hot and cold running water'' .

(adj.) of or relating to or formed from words in general; 'verbal ability' .

格罗夫斯整理

• It had grammatical forms and verbal devices of some complexity. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Topsy had an uncommon verbal memory, and committed with a fluency that greatly encouraged her instructress. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• Instead of applying the test of human need, they apply a verbal and logical consistency. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• Pictorial and sculptured record and _verbal tradition_ began. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• This was another common procedure on the part of the ladies of the Hole, when heated by verbal or fistic altercation. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• But this is only a verbal opposition. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• Then I playfully tried verbal instruction in domestic matters, as we walked about on a Saturday afternoon. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• A great deal; for there is certainly a danger of our getting unintentionally into a verbal opposition. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• To this I sent a verbal message saying that, if Pemberton desired it, I would meet him in front of McPherson's corps at three o'clock that afternoon. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• My guardian delicately dismissed this remark without making any verbal answer. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• This, and my being esteemed a pretty good _rig-ite_, that is, a jocular verbal satirist, supported my consequence in the society. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• Not as a business matter, for these arrangements are usually verbal, and there was no earthly business reason why this should be an exception. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• You required a verbal explanation. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Verbal tradition was developed to its highest possibility by the bards. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• A short time before midnight I gave him verbal instructions for the night. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.

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