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单词 ounce
释义
ounceounce /aʊns/ ●●● S3 W3 noun [countable] (written abbreviation oz) Word Origin
WORD ORIGINounce
Origin:
1300-1400 Old French unce, from Latin uncia ‘twelfth part, ounce’
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • February gold fell 90 cents to $ 399. 30 an ounce on Commodity Exchange.
  • Hardly an ounce of flesh anywhere.
  • It was the centrifuge that yielded the last cull, a final ounce of bits of metal.
  • It weighs seven pounds twelve ounces, is ten and a half inches long and nine inches wide.
  • The Warriors needed every lean ounce of effort Smith provided in the fourth quarter.
  • This was the real Janir, I thought, the one without an ounce of shyness or indecision.
  • Where a cereal is very light, like cornflakes, an ounce will comfortably fill the usual breakfast bowl.
word sets
WORD SETS
acre, nounacreage, nounavoirdupois, nounbaker's dozen, nounbalance, nounbarometer, nounbaseline, nounbasin, nounbaud rate, nounbearing, nounbecquerel, nounblack box, nounboiling point, nounbottle, nounbox, nouncalculator, nouncalibrate, verbcalibration, nouncc, centi-, prefixcentimetre, nouncircumference, nouncl, clock, verbcm, cu, cubic, adjectivecubit, nouncup, nouncupful, nouncwt, daylight saving time, noundeci-, prefixdecibel, noundecimalization, noundeflection, noundegree, noundensity, noundepth, noundimension, noundipstick, noundisplacement, noundoz., noundozen, numberelevation, nounfactor, nounfathom, nounfl oz, fluid ounce, nounfoot, nounft, g, gage, noungal, gallon, noungauge, noungauge, verbGB, Geiger counter, noungigabyte, noungill, noungirth, noungm, graduated, adjectivegraduation, noungrain, noungram, noungramme, noungrid, noungross, adjectivehandful, nounhectare, nounhertz, nounhigh, adjectivehundredweight, nounimpedance, nounimperial, adjectiveinch, nounindicator, nouninstrument, nounjoule, nounkarat, nounkg, kilo, nounkilo-, prefixkilogram, nounkilometre, nounkm, knot, nounl, latitude, nounlb, league, nounlength, nounlight year, nounliter, nounlitre, nounlow water mark, nounmax, nounmaximum, adjectivemean, adjectivemeasure, verbmeasure, nounmedian, nounmedium, adjectivemegaton, nounmelting point, nounmental age, nounmeter, nounmeter, verb-meter, suffixmetre, noun-metre, suffixmetric, adjectivemetrication, nounmetric ton, nounmg, MHz, microsecond, nounmile, nounmillennium, nounmilli-, prefixmillibar, nounmilligram, nounmillilitre, nounmillimetre, nounminus, adjectiveminute, nounml, mpg, mph, nano-, prefixnanosecond, nounnautical mile, nounounce, nounoverweight, adjectiveoz, pace, verbpart, nounpedometer, nounpint, nounplus, adjectivepoint, nounpound, nounpunnet, nounqt, quantify, verbquart, nounradioactive dating, nounradius, nounrain gauge, nounread, verbreading, nounrecord, verbreset, verbrev, nounrotation, nounrpm, rule, nounruler, nounscale, nounsea level, nounsea mile, nounseismograph, nounsensor, nounset square, nounsextant, nounsnowfall, nounsoundings, nounsq., subsonic, adjectivesundial, nountherm, nountimberline, nountog, nounton, nountonnage, nountonne, nountroy weight, noununit, nounvoltmeter, nounvolume, nounwatch, nounwatt, nounwattage, nounweighbridge, nounweight, nounwidth, nounwt., yard, nounyardage, nounyardstick, nounyd, zero, number
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(=a very small amount)· Anyone with an ounce of common sense would have realised that was a silly thing to do.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB
· It weighs seven pounds twelve ounces, is ten and a half inches long and nine inches wide.· They didn't weigh more than a few ounces.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
  • Anyone with an ounce of sense knows that results depend on factors other than staff efficiency. - T. Baines, Oxford.
  • It had taken every ounce of courage she possessed to board the aircraft after her last experience.
an ounce of prevention (is worth a pound of cure)
  • He was surprised, there was not an ounce of fat on him, but he had shed five pounds.
  • Under their chestnut coats there was not an ounce of fat and their muscles moved without effort.
1a unit for measuring weight, equal to 28.35 grams. There are 16 ounces in a pound. fluid ounce2an ounce of sense/truth/decency etc any sense, truth etc at all:  If you had an ounce of sense you wouldn’t believe him!3every (last) ounce of courage/energy/strength etc all the courage, energy etc that you have:  Every ounce of attention was focused on our common goal.4an ounce of prevention (is worth a pound of cure) used to say that it is better to prevent a problem before it happens than to try to solve it after it has happened5not an ounce of fat (on somebody) if there is not an ounce of fat on someone, they are thin and usually look healthy
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