| 词汇 | ounce |
| 释义 | ounce noun uk /aʊns/ us /aʊns/ C1[ C ](written abbreviationoz) a unit of weight equal to approximately 28 grams: 盎司（重量单位，1盎司约等于28克） There are 16 ounces in one pound.1磅等于16盎司。 a twelve-oz pack of bacon一包12盎司的熏猪肉 C2[ S ]informal a very small amount: 一点点，少量，少许 She can eat as much as she wants and she never puts on an ounce (= her weight does not increase).她可以想吃多少就吃多少，体重却一点儿都不长。 If he has an ounce of common sense, he'll realize that this project is bound to fail.要是他稍稍有一点儿常识，就会意识到这项计划注定要失败。 Measure out eight ounces of flour. The recipe needs three and a half ounces of soft brown sugar - that's about 100 grams. Daniel weighed a healthy eight pounds and ten ounces when he was born. Our best Beluga caviar costs $105 for one ounce. The salesman showed me an amazing little music player weighing only a few ounces. Measurements of weight & mass -pounder atomic mass BMI body mass index bulk density carat centigram ct G, g gm hundredweight karat kilogram lb microgram oz pound st talent ton You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Words meaning small pieces and amounts ounce | American Dictionaryounce noun[ C ] us/ɑʊns/(abbreviationoz.) ouncenoun[C] (WEIGHT)a unit of measurement of weight equal to 1/16 pound or 28 grams An ounce is also a very small amount: If he’s got an ounce of common sense, he’ll realize that this project is bound to fail. ouncenoun[C] (VOLUME)a fluid ounce ounce | Business Englishounce noun[ C ] uk /aʊns/us(written abbreviationoz) [ C ] MEASURES a unit of weight equal to 28.35 grams: There are 16 ounces in one pound. a 12-oz can of cola Examples of ounceounce When we approach next year's planning, we must use every ounce of graymatter at our disposal. A cotton bag containing six ounces of dynamite is tied to the mule's forehead. His presentation lacks artistry and, given the author's laudable determination to extract every ounce of meaning from the surviving material, becomes repetitious. Sadly, it appears that, to our legislators and policymakers, a pound of cure costs less than an ounce of prevention. In late 1997, we successfully discharged an infant who weighed 360 grams (12 ounces) at birth. She weighed 3 pounds and 8 ounces. But to squeeze the last ounce of performance out of the code generator, getting the fastest possible compiler, it is desirable to do the dynamic programming at program-generation time. These 1,191 dense pages contain around 700,000 words, and the volume weighs in at 1.785 kilograms on my butcher's scale (3 pounds 15 ounces old style). They will probably have to pay as much per ounce for the strawberries as the grower of them gets per pound. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 From 23 ounces of silk yarn, you only get 16 ounces of silk. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Every ounce of it has to be imported, and it is an essential import. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is an ounce of experience against a good deal of theory. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But some bottles contain only 26¼ fluid ounces and others only 26 fluid ounces. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Someone was speaking to the old man about paying his extra penny on two ounces of tobacco. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Those figures seem almost impossible to believe, but the decrease in ounces of tobacco sold during the last six months bear them out. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of ounce These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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