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A small unit of weight, used mostly in the US and UK for things like food, mail, and precious metals (about 28 grams). There's also a 'fluid ounce' for liquids. In everyday speech, 'not an ounce of...' means 'not even a tiny bit of' — 'he didn't show an ounce of regret.'
盎司（重量單位，美式、英式常用）；「not an ounce of」表示一點點都沒有（如毫無悔意）
組成from an old word meaning 'a twelfth part' — historically an ounce was one twelfth of a Roman pound
同家族的字
- inchshares the same old root meaning 'a twelfth part' — an inch was originally a twelfth of a foot
原始詞典資料8 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
ouncenoun詞源 1/aʊns/
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An avoirdupois ounce, weighing ¹⁄₁₆ of an avoirdupois pound, or 28.349523125 grams.
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A troy ounce, weighing ¹⁄₁₂ of a troy pound, or 480 grains, or 31.1034768 grams.
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A US fluid ounce, with a volume of ¹⁄₁₆ of a US pint, 1.804688 cubic inches or 29.5735295625 millilitres.
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A British imperial fluid ounce, with a volume of ¹⁄₂₀ of an imperial pint, 1.733871 cubic inches or 28.4130625 millilitres.
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Any small amount, a little bit.
- He didn't feel even an ounce of regret for his actions.
ouncenoun詞源 2/aʊns/
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archaicA large wild feline, such as a lynx or cougar.
- The Ounce or the vvilde Cat, is as big as a mungrell dog, this creature is by nature feirce, and more dangerous to bee met vvithall than any other creature, not fearing eyther dogge or man; […]
- Halloa! another prey, The nimble Antelope! The ounce is freed; one spring, And his talons are sheath’d in her shoulders, And his teeth are red in her gore.
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Synonym of snow leopard, Panthera uncia.
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biologycryptozoologynatural-sciencesSynonym of onza, a particularly aggressive cougar or jaguarundi in Mexican folklore.
- The ounce, a leopard-like creature, is dreaded for its depredations by the Indians of Brazil.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。