ounce

noun

/aʊns/

Idioms

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[countable]
(abbreviation oz)
(in Britain and North America) a unit for measuring weight, 116 of a pound, equal to 28.35 grams see also fluid ounceTopics Cooking and eatingc1, Maths and measurementc1
[singular] ounce of something (informal) (used especially with negatives) a very small quantity of something
- There's not an ounce of truth in her story.

Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French unce, from Latin uncia ‘twelfth part (of a pound or foot)’; compare with inch.

Idioms

an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure (US English)

(British English prevention is better than cure)

(saying) it is better to stop something bad from happening rather than try to deal with the problems after it has happened

单词	ounce
释义	ounce noun /aʊns/ /aʊns/ Idioms jump to other results [countable] (abbreviation oz) (in Britain and North America) a unit for measuring weight, 116 of a pound, equal to 28.35 grams see also fluid ounceTopics Cooking and eatingc1, Maths and measurementc1 [singular] ounce of something (informal) (used especially with negatives) a very small quantity of something There's not an ounce of truth in her story. Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French unce, from Latin uncia ‘twelfth part (of a pound or foot)’; compare with inch. Idioms an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure (US English) (British English prevention is better than cure) (saying) it is better to stop something bad from happening rather than try to deal with the problems after it has happened
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