dozen

英[ˈdʌzn]美[ˈdʌzn]

num. 一打，十二个，十几个，许多；

复数：dozens;

例句

I have sent for a dozen copies of the book.这本书我订购了12本。

The police have pulled in a half dozen people who they suspect.警方已逮捕六个他们怀疑的人。

Pick out a dozen oranges for me.给我挑一打橘子。

Pick me out a dozen apples.给我挑一打苹果。

An hour later they were still sitting there talking nineteen to the dozen.一小时后他们还坐在那里说个不停。

A dozen were sent for,but only ten were received.订购了12件,但只收到10件。

I’ve tried both ways of getting to Oxford and as far as I can see it’s six of one and half a dozen of the other (= they both take the same time).去牛津的两条路我都试过了，我看距离差不了多少。

Patrick said John started the fight, but I think it was probably six of one and half a dozen of the other.帕特里克说是约翰先动手的，可是我看他俩很可能是半斤对八两，都有错。

a non-stop comedian, cracking gags by the dozen讲起笑话来就滔滔不绝的喜剧演员

I’ll ask the fishmonger if he can order three dozen oysters for me.我会问问那个卖鱼的,看看他能否给我定购3打牡蛎。

词组

by the dozen

talk nineteen to the dozen

英语四级真题

It didn't take long for magazines and documentary film-makers to come to understand her total recall, and thanks to the subsequent media interest, a few dozen other subjects ( ' , including Veiseh) have since come forward and contacted the team at the University of California, Irvine.

Dozens of children at a Utah elementary school had their lunch trays snatched away from them before they could take a bite this week.

Dozens of children at a Utah elementary school had their lunch trays snatched away from them before they could take a bite this week.

They are subdivided into half a dozen sections.

The closest that Herpin came to resting was to sit in a rocking chair and read a half dozen newspapers.

It didn't take long for magazines and documentary filmmakers to come to understand her "total recall", and thanks to the subsequent media interest, a few dozen other subjects including Veise have since come forward and contacted the team at the University

英语六级真题

There are also dozens of summer camps—many attached to universities—that aim to prepare elite math students.

When I was in high school, dozens in my class alone would have answered differently.

But could Norway keep its standard of living and yet cut its emissions to Moroccan or even Ethiopian levels? That question, repeated across a dozen environmental issues and across our diverse planet, is what will ultimately determine whether the human race is living beyond its ecological means as it pursues economic revival.

Just half a dozen holiday-makers have reached orbit since then, for similarly astronomical price tags.

It has sent half a dozen passengers into space.

There are three dozen universities in the UK which are actively engaged in advanced research training and commercialisation work.

I have to do an interview for the evening news about a man with dozens of cats.

As one person ironically put it in the comments section of Schwartz's online article, "As I was reading this very excellent article, I stopped at least half a dozen times to check my email.

But when our diverse team of researchers from six different disciplines and eight different countries began to review what was known, we were shocked that only a dozen previous studies had been done, including one we ourselves completed on language divers

Have you ever had someone try to explain something to you a dozen times with no luck?

That question, repeated across a dozen environmental issues and across our diverse planet, is what will ultimately determine whether the human race is living beyond its ecological means as it pursues economic revival.

The team plans to return to around a dozen of the buildings to assess progress and consider further action.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

NUM

一打;十二个

If you have a dozen things, you have twelve of them.

例句

NUM

十几个;十来个

You can refer to a group of approximately twelve things or people as a dozen. You can refer to a group of approximately six things or people as half a dozen .

例句

QUANT

许多;很多

If you refer to dozens of things or people, you are emphasizing that there are very many of them.

例句

英汉词典释义

n.

(一)打, 十二个

英英词典释义

Noun

1. the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one

Adjective

1. denoting a quantity consisting of 12 items or units