ounceとは

意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

From Middle English ounce, unce, from Middle French once, from Latin uncia (“twelfth part”), from ūnus (“one”). Doublet of inch.

名詞

ounce (複数形 ounces) abbreviation oz. or ℥

1. An avoirdupois ounce, weighing ¹⁄₁₆ of an avoirdupois pound, or 28.3495 grams.
2. A troy ounce, weighing ¹⁄₁₂ of a troy pound, or 480 grains, or 31.1035 grams.
3. A US fluid ounce, with a volume of ¹⁄₁₆ of a US pint, 1.8047 cubic inches or 29.5735 millilitres.
4. A British imperial fluid ounce, with a volume of ¹⁄₂₀ of an imperial pint, 1.7339 cubic inches or 28.4131 millilitres.
5. A little bit.

   He didn't feel even an ounce of regret for his actions.

同意語

• (avoirdupois ounce): symbol: ℥ (pharmacy)
• (small amount): see also Thesaurus:modicum

関連する語

• inch

語源 2

From Middle French once, from Old French lonce (“lynx”), by false division (the l was thought to be the article), from Italian lonza, ultimately from Ancient Greek λύγξ (lúnx, “lynx”). Doublet of onza.

名詞

ounce (複数形 ounces)

1. (now archaic) A large wild feline, such as a lynx or cougar. [from 14th c.]
   • 1634, William Wood, New Englands Prospect:

     The Ounce or the wilde Cat, is as big as a mungrell dog, this creature is by nature feirce, and more dangerous to bee met withall than any other creature, not fearing eyther dogge or man […].

   • 1801, Robert Southey, Thalaba the Destroyer:

     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.

2. Now specifically, the snow leopard, Uncia uncia. [from 18th c.]

参照

• snow leopard on Wikipedia.
• Uncia uncia on Wikispecies.
• Uncia uncia on Wikimedia Commons.

アナグラム

• Cuneo, cuneo-, on cue