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Unité de poids d’environ 28 grammes, soit un seizième de livre.

En anglais simple : A unit of weight equal to about 28 grams, or one sixteenth of a pound.

• The package weighs one ounce.
• She bought eight ounces of cheese.
• How many ounces are in a pound?

Comment l'utiliser : an ounce of something (Add an ounce of butter to the pan.)

Synonymes : oz., ℥, uncia

Expressions courantes : an ounce, ounce of cheese, weigh an ounce

once, brin

Quantité infime de quelque chose, souvent évoquée pour dire qu’il n’y en a pas du tout.

En anglais simple : A very small amount of something, often used to say there is none at all.

• He had not an ounce of sympathy.
• She used every ounce of energy to finish the race.
• There wasn't an ounce of doubt in her mind.

Comment l'utiliser : an ounce of something (There isn't an ounce of truth in that story.)

Synonymes : bit, shred, trace

Expressions courantes : ounce of truth, ounce of courage, not an ounce

once liquide

Unité de mesure des liquides valant environ 30 millilitres aux États-Unis.

En anglais simple : A unit for measuring liquid, equal to about 30 millilitres in the United States.

• Add one ounce of water.
• This bottle holds twelve ounces of juice.
• She measured two fluid ounces of milk.

Comment l'utiliser : an ounce of + liquid (Pour an ounce of lemon juice into the glass.)

Synonymes : fluid ounce

Expressions courantes : fluid ounce, ounce of juice, ounce of water