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单词 -pyle
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-pylecomb. form

Primary stress is retained by the usual stressed syllable of the preceding element and vowels may be reduced accordingly; see e.g. prosopyle n.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French -pyle.
Etymology: < French -pyle (1808 or earlier in micropyle micropyle n.) < ancient Greek πύλη gate, entrance, of unknown origin. Compare pyle n.Earliest attested in micropyle n. (early 19th cent. in use in botany, mid 19th cent. in zoology). Formations in English occur from the late 19th cent. Compare earlier (with different sense) aeolipile n.
Botany and Zoology.
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Forming nouns denoting an aperture or pore of the type specified by the first element.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2020).
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