found in Greek borrowings into Latin, representing Greek -oi-. Words with -oe- that came early into English from Old French or Medieval Latin usually already had been levelled to -e- (economic, penal, cemetery), but later borrowings directly from Latin or Greek tended to retain it at first (oestrus, diarrhoea, amoeba) as did proper names (Oedipus, Phoebe, Phoenix) and purely technical terms. British English tends to be more conservative with it than American, which has done away with it in all but a few instances.
It also occurred in some native Latin words (foedus "treaty, league," foetere "to stink," hence occasionally in English foetid, foederal, which was the form in the original publications of the "Federalist" papers). In these it represents an ancient -oi- in Old Latin (for example Old Latin oino, Classical Latin unus), which apparently passed through an -oe- form before being leveled out but was preserved into Classical Latin in certain words, especially those belonging to the realms of law (such as foedus) and religion, which, along with the vocabulary of sailors, are the most conservative branches of any language in any time, through a need for precision, immediate comprehension, demonstration of learning, or superstition. But in foetus it was an unetymological spelling in Latin that was picked up in English and formed the predominant spelling of fetus into the early 20c.
雙語例句
1. Assist global sourcing initiative by sourcing suitable Chinese sub - contractor and OE suppliers.
協助全球戰略采購部尋找國內相應的的外委和OE供應商.
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2. The following statement creates the sequence customers _ seq in the sample schema oe.
使用下面的語句,在OE模式 下創建一個名為customer_seq序列.
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3. Involving OE activity, continue improve process equipment capacity.
積極參與OE活動, 不斷改進提高設備工藝能力.
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4. We are a distributor of high quality new parts to both OE and Aftermarket customers.
我們是一家分銷商的高品質的新零件都OE和售后的客戶.
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5. Our company focuses on OE. M and channel construction, working with you depth cooperation.