來自拉丁語oraculum,神的指示，神諭，來自orare,祈禱，禱告，詞源同orator.-culum,工具格後綴。詞義甲骨文縮寫自oracle bone script.
英文詞源
oracle
oracle: see orator
oracle (n.)
late 14c., "a message from a god, expressed by divine inspiration," from Old French oracle "temple, house of prayer; oracle" (12c.) and directly from Latin oraculum "divine announcement, oracle; place where oracles are given," from orare "pray, plead" (see orator), with material instrumental suffix -culo-. In antiquity, "the agency or medium of a god," also "the place where such divine utterances were given." This sense is attested in English from c. 1400.
雙語例句
1. They consulted the oracle at Delphi.
他們在德爾斐神示所向神請示。
來自《權威詞典》
2. In times of difficulty, she pray for an oracle to guide her.
在困難的時候, 她祈禱神諭來指引她.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. Soft ware platform is UNIX operation system and ORACLE data base.
軟件平台采用UNIX操作係統和ORACLE數據庫.
來自互聯網
4. Bitmap indexes are integrated with the Oracle optimizer and execution engine.
位圖索引是集成在Oracle的優化器和運行執行引擎中的.
來自互聯網
5. Oracle and Microsoft were both born in difficult economic times.