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单词 oz
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ozn.1

Forms: late Middle English– oz., 1500s– oz (without point).
Origin: A borrowing from Italian. Etymons: Italian oz, onza.
Etymology: < Italian oz, 15th-cent. graphic abbreviation of onza ounce n.1 (for the forms of the graphic abbreviation, with marks of suspension above the letter forms, see A. Cappelli Dizionario di abbreviature (1899) 255).
Ounce; ounces.Used as graphic abbreviation of ounce n.1
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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.

Brit. /ɒz/, U.S. /ɑz/, Australian English /ɔz/
Forms: 1900s– Oss, 1900s– Oz.
Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: proper name Australia.
Etymology: Shortened < the name of Australia (see Australian n. and adj.), probably originally as a graphic abbreviation (see quot. 1908 at sense A. 1, and compare the graphic abbreviation Aus. : see Aus n.). With the voicing of the final consonant perhaps compare Ozzie n. and adj., Aussie adj. and n.
slang (originally Australian).
A. n.2
1. Australia.
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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.
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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.
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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.

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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

Brit. /ɒz/, U.S. /ɑz/
Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Oz.
Etymology: < the name of Oz, a fictional city and land in the children's fantasy The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900), by L. Frank Baum (1856–1919), U.S. writer.
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).
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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.
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