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单词 ounce
释义
ounce
noun
uk
/aʊns/us
/aʊns/
C1[C]
(written abbreviationoz)
aunitofweightequaltoapproximately28grams:
盎司（重量单位，1盎司约等于28克）
There are 16 ounces in onepound.1磅等于16盎司。
a twelve-ozpackofbacon一包12盎司的熏猪肉
C2[S]informal
a verysmallamount:
一点点，少量，少许
She caneatas much as shewantsand she never puts on an ounce(= herweightdoes notincrease).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 ofcommonsense, he'llrealizethat thisprojectisboundtofail.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。
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  • Measure out eight ounces offlour.
  • Therecipeneedsthree and ahalfounces ofsoftbrownsugar- that's about 100grams.
  • Danielweighedahealthyeightpoundsand ten ounces when he wasborn.
  • OurbestBelugacaviarcosts$105 for one ounce.
  • Thesalesmanshowedme anamazinglittlemusicplayerweighingonly a few ounces.
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Words meaning small pieces and amounts
(Definition ofouncefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

ounce| American Dictionary

ounce
noun[C]
us
/ɑʊns/
(abbreviationoz.)

ouncenoun[C](WEIGHT)

aunitofmeasurementofweightequalto1/16poundor 28grams
An ounce is also a verysmallamount:
If he’s got an ounce ofcommonsense, he’llrealizethat thisprojectisboundtofail.

ouncenoun[C](VOLUME)

afluidounce
(Definition ofouncefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

ounce| Business English

ounce
noun[C]
uk
/aʊns/us
(written abbreviationoz)
[C]MEASURES
aunitofweightequalto 28.35grams:
There are 16 ounces in onepound.
a 12-oz can ofcola
(Definition ofouncefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofounce

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When we approach next year's planning, we must use everyounceof graymatter at our disposal.
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A cotton bag containing six ounces of dynamite is tied to the mule's forehead.
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His presentation lacks artistry and, given the author's laudable determination to extract everyounceof meaning from the surviving material, becomes repetitious.
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Sadly, it appears that, to our legislators and policymakers, a pound of cure costs less than anounceof prevention.
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In late 1997, we successfully discharged an infant who weighed 360 grams (12 ounces) at birth.
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She weighed 3 pounds and 8 ounces.
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But to squeeze the lastounceof performance out of the code generator, getting the fastest possible compiler, it is desirable to do the dynamic programming at program-generation time.
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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).
From theCambridge English Corpus
They will probably have to pay as much perouncefor the strawberries as the grower of them gets per pound.
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From 23 ounces of silk yarn, you only get 16 ounces of silk.
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Everyounceof it has to be imported, and it is an essential import.
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That is anounceof experience against a good deal of theory.
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But some bottles contain only 26¼ fluid ounces and others only 26 fluid ounces.
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Someone was speaking to the old man about paying his extra penny on two ounces of tobacco.
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Those figures seem almost impossible to believe, but the decrease in ounces of tobacco sold during the last six months bear them out.
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