| 单词 | ounce |
| 释义 | ounceounce /aʊns/ ●●● S3 W3 noun 1[countable] (written abbreviation oz.) science a unit for measuring weight, equal to 1/16 of a pound or 28.35 grams: The baby weighed 8 pounds and 13 ounces.ounce of 12 ounces of butter → see also fluid ounce2an ounce of sense/truth/decency etc. a very small amount of a particular quality: There isn’t an ounce of truth in what he says.3every (last) ounce of courage/energy/strength etc. all the courage, energy, etc. that you have: I gave every ounce of energy that I had to the job.4not have an ounce of fat on you used to say that someone is thin and healthy looking5an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure old-fashioned used to say that it is better to avoid a problem than to try to solve it after it has happened [Origin: 1300–1400 Old French unce, from Latin uncia twelfth part, ounce] |
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