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, uncia, oka, and ouguiya.

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

派生した語

• → Tokelauan: aunehe

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, Panthera 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