1530s, interjection expressing various emotions, a common Indo-European word (Old French ô;, oh; Latin o, oh; Greek o; Old Church Slavonic and Lithuanian o; Gothic, Dutch, German o; Old Irish a; Sanskrit a), but not found in Old English, which translated Latin oh with la or eala.
The present tendency is to restrict oh to places where it has a certain independence, & prefer o where it is proclitic or leans forward upon what follows .... [Fowler]
Often extended for emphasis, as in Oh, baby, stock saying from c. 1918; oh, boy (1910); oh, yeah (1924). Reduplicated form oh-oh as an expression of alarm or dismay is attested from 1944. Oh-so "so very" (often sarcastic or ironic) is from 1922. Oh yeah? "really? Is that so?" attested from 1930.
双语例句
1. He goes to me: "Oh, what do you want?"
他问我：“哦，你想要什么？”
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2. The policeman smiled at her. "Pretty dog."— "Oh well, thank you."
警察冲她笑了笑，“这狗真漂亮。”——“哦，谢谢。”
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3. I've been here, oh, since the end of June.
我是，呃，6月底来到这里的。
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4. "Oh, Gairdner," he said, as if that meant something to him.
“哦，盖尔德纳，”他说道，好像他听说过这个名字。
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5. "How much is he paying you?" — "Oh, five thousand." —"Not bad."
