Ounce
[aʊns]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a unit of weight equal to one sixteenth of a pound or 16 drams or 28.349 grams.
(noun.) a unit of apothecary weight equal to 480 grains or one twelfth of a pound.
安塞姆校對--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) A weight, the sixteenth part of a pound avoirdupois, and containing 437/ grains.
(n.) The twelfth part of a troy pound.
(n.) Fig.: A small portion; a bit.
(n.) A feline quadruped (Felis irbis, / uncia) resembling the leopard in size, and somewhat in color, but it has longer and thicker fur, which forms a short mane on the back. The ounce is pale yellowish gray, with irregular dark spots on the neck and limbs, and dark rings on the body. It inhabits the lofty mountain ranges of Asia. Called also once.
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解釋/意思:
n. the twelfth part of a pound troy=480 grains: 1⁄16 of a pound avoirdupois=437?troy grains.
n. a carnivorous animal of the cat kind found in Asia allied to the leopard—(obs.) Once.
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例句/造句/用法:
- About 1/4 to 3/4 of an ounce per 50 gallons will be found sufficient for most wines. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- His head was down and his shoulders rounded, as he put every ounce of energy that he possessed on to the pedals. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- But in 1695, the common price of silver bullion was six shillings and fivepence an ounce, {Lowndes's Essay on the Silver Coin, 68. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Mix, and dissolve 1 ounce of the mixture in 1 pint of water when wanted for use. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- Dissolve 3/4 of an ounce of salicylic acid in a gallon of cider, and then add this amount to each barrel of cider. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- Or, take negrosine, 1 ounce; dextrine, 3 ounces; mix. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- He was a hard man, and would never bate an ounce of plate or a bottle of wine. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- Dewar produced the first ounce of liquid air at a cost of $3,000, but that now Mr. Tripler claims that he can produce it by his apparatus for five cents a gallon. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- In the mint of Calcutta, an ounce of fine gold is supposed to be worth fifteen ounces of fine silver, in the same manner as in Europe. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- They are said to be worth five shillings, some say ten shillings, an ounce for the fashion. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- T'other chap hasn't an ounce of measter's flesh about him. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- Sixteen leaden bullets, of an ounce each, weigh as much in water as one of a pound, whose superfices is less. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- He knew that the vast change he contemplated needed every ounce of intellectual power that the world possessed. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- The corks should always be boiled in water containing 1 ounce to the gallon, which is also efficient in disinfecting tubes, taps, etc. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- He is vulnerable to reason there--always a few grains of common-sense in an ounce of miserliness. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- In the English coin, it exchanges for about fifteen ounces, that is, for more silver than it is worth, according to the common estimation of Europe. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Sparkling Must requires an addition of 6 to 7 ounces of salicylic acid per 100 gallons. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- Then add gradually about nine ounces of the orange-flower water, stirring constantly, continuing this operation until a fine, creamy emulsion is the result. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- To every gallon of juice to be filtered there is placed in the filter 2 ounces of charcoal, 2 scruples of crushed mustard seed, and 6 drachms of ground sassafras root. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- Silver, 53,860,000 ounces; worth $32,316,000. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- Dissolve the corrosive sublimate in three ounces of the orange-flower water, add the hydrochloric acid, and set aside. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- It is certainly-easier for the consumer to pay five shillings a-year for every hundred ounces of plate, near one per cent. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- To keep oysters stir into them 3 ounces of the solution (cold) to each gallon of oysters. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- Or, take negrosine, 1 ounce; dextrine, 3 ounces; mix. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- In the mint of Calcutta, an ounce of fine gold is supposed to be worth fifteen ounces of fine silver, in the same manner as in Europe. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Thoroughly bruise the granate bark and pumpkin-seed, and with the ergot boil in eight ounces of water for fifteen minutes, and strain through a coarse cloth. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- The production of metals, other than iron, in the United States for the year 1897, was as follows: Gold, 2,774,935 ounces; worth $57,363,000. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- The composition is made as follows: Good glue 4 ounces av. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- A man who moves 8 pounds through 6 feet does 48 foot pounds of work, while a man who moves 8 ounces (1/2 pound) through 6 inches (1/2 foot) does only one fourth of a foot pound of work. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- It was divided, in the same manner as our Troyes pound, into twelve ounces, each of which contained a real ounce of good copper. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
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