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.
双语例句
1. Assist global sourcing initiative by sourcing suitable Chinese sub - contractor and OE suppliers.
协助全球战略采购部寻找国内相应的的外委和OE供应商.
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2. The following statement creates the sequence customers _ seq in the sample schema oe.
使用下面的语句,在OE模式 下创建一个名为customer_seq序列.
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3. Involving OE activity, continue improve process equipment capacity.
积极参与OE活动, 不断改进提高设备工艺能力.
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4. We are a distributor of high quality new parts to both OE and Aftermarket customers.
我们是一家分销商的高品质的新零件都OE和售后的客户.
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5. Our company focuses on OE. M and channel construction, working with you depth cooperation.
