单词 | oz |
释义 | ozn.1 Ounce; ounces.Used as graphic abbreviation of ounce n.1 ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > [noun] > unit or denomination of weight > ounce ouncec1395 oza1475 Roman ounce1565 ora1610 a1475 tr. Gilbertus Anglicus Pharmaceutical Writings (Wellcome) (1991) 275 (MED) Take a pounde of olde swynes grece and medle þerwith oz. 1/2 of vertegrece, And þerwith anoynt his ȝerde. a1500 in D. W. Singer Catal. Lat. & Vernacular Alchemical MSS (1928) I. 360 (MED) Aqua mercurii..Take 4 oz. of kybryt and 4 oz. of aquila and i li. assek crude and grynde all these iii species togeder. 1524 in G. Oliver Hist. Coll. (1841) App. 17 On [chales]..all goolde, with the Patent of goolde ponderyng 15 oz. 10dwt. 1664 S. Pepys Diary 19 Oct. (1971) V. 301 Weighed my two silver Flaggons at Steven's; they weigh 212 oz. 27 dwt...at 5s. per oz. 1799 R. Kirwan Geol. Ess. 358 Brisson dissolved 2 oz. of the purest common salt in 16 oz. of distilled water. 1891 Penny Postage Jubilee 173 A letter of 1/ 2 oz. to Hong-Kong is..21/ 2d. 1940 P. Larkin Let. 9 Dec. in Sel. Lett. (1992) 3 I've just been out shopping & bought 1 pkt of notepaper, 25 envelopes, 1 oz tobacco, 1 oz assorted cigarettes, [etc.]. 2003 Church Times 11 Apr. 9/1 I like to make a Cheese brûlée, by filling ramekins with 4 oz each of mascarpone. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). Ozn.2adj. slang (originally Australian). A. n.2 1. Australia. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Australasia > [noun] > Australia mainland1829 commonwealth1891 Ma State1906 Oz1908 wide brown land1908 Aussie1915 Aussieland1919 1908 Bulletin (Sydney) 2 July 15/3 My home is near Kingston, which is in the S.E. of South Oss. 1944 Barging About (43rd Austral. Landing Craft Co.) 1 Sept. 6 All the tribes of Oz did gather together. 1970 B. Humphries in Private Eye 13 Feb. 16 (caption) If they guess I'm from Oz the shit will really hit the fan. 2002 List (Glasgow & Edinb. Events Guide) 4 July 121/1 By June you've toyed with the idea of back-packing around Oz. 2. An Australian. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Antipodes > native or inhabitant of Australia > [noun] currency1827 native1848 Australian1880 kangaroo1888 Aussie1915 dinkum1916 Ozzie1918 Aussielander1919 pie eater1953 Strine1964 Oz1976 1976 Bulletin (Sydney) 17 Apr. 5/1 The merest suspicion that Australia could be emerging as a cultural nation is enough to make a red-blooded Oz choke on his meat pie. 1991 Independent (Nexis) 19 Oct. 15 It is not a kookaburra but a parrot, and its name is used to indicate stupidity not verbosity. As an Oz, I know! 2001 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 9 July 6 Even though one's an Oz and the other's an American, they know Wimbledon is far, far more than just a tennis tournament. B. adj. Australian. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Australasia > [adjective] > Australia Australian1814 Aussiea1910 Strine1964 Oz1971 Ozzie1973 the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Antipodes > native or inhabitant of Australia > [adjective] currency1827 fair dinkum1915 Oz1971 Ozzie1973 1971 Bulletin (Sydney) 18 Dec. 30/2 Then I got back to England and found myself facing the ‘Oz’ educational attitudes. 1989 Sunday Tel. 26 Feb. 13/1 These Oz intellectuals fell over themselves in a desperate parade of learning heavily-worn. 2000 Esquire July (On Road Suppl.) 33 Tasmania. Clean air and water; primeval forests;..Oz friendliness and an English atmosphere. CompoundsΚΠ 1971 Frendz 21 May 9/2 The yippees of America, like the Ozniks of London, are right out of the middle class, Chuck. 1985 Bulletin (Sydney) 15 Oct. 10/3 Modern Ozman is the direct descendant of the first white boat people. 1987 Satellite (Brisbane) 16 Dec. 9/4 (heading) ‘Lucy’ jumps from volatile Brazil to peaceful Ozland. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). Ozn.3 Any place thought to resemble the land or city of Oz; esp. any fantastic, ideal, or imaginary domain.Widely popularized by the film version of the book, The Wizard of Oz (1939). ΚΠ 1931 H. Crane Let. 21 Sept. (1965) 381 It [sc. Tepoztlan, Mexico] was truly the Land of Oz, with the high valley walls in the Wizard's circle. 1978 J. Wainwright Ripple of Murders 156 Seen in his mind's eye. Beyond the horizon... A town... His own particular Oz. 1989 K. Green Night Angel viii. 81 San Francisco gleamed dusty white—an Oz mirage across the bay. 2002 News & Observer (Raleigh, N. Carolina) (Nexis) 29 Oct. e2 A fancy resort casino, more like the Land of Oz than an Indian reservation. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1a1475n.2adj.1908n.31931 |
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