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dozen n.(一)打；十二个adj.一打的；十二个的 (1) 那些苹果一打多少钱？(2) 他在我生日那天送我了一打玫瑰。(3) 我饲养了12只小鸡。(4) 大约有十二人。(5) 那只火鸡大得足够十二个人吃(6) 我妈妈买了一打鸡蛋。(7) 他们通过烘烤两打的面包开始。(8) 组长管十二个工人。 When you buy a dozen of something, you'll end up with twelve items. Your cat might, amazingly, have a dozen kittens, leading you to make a dozen phone calls trying to find homes for them all. Sometimes people use the word dozens to generically mean "a whole lot," as when you gasp, "There are dozens of seagulls sitting on my car!" Dozen has a Latin root, duodecim, "twelve."

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英 ['dʌzn] 美 ['dʌzn] (1) How much are those apples a dozen?(2) He gave me a dozen of roses for my birthday.(3) I had bred a dozen of chickens.(4) There were about a dozen of them.(5) The turkey is large enough to feed a dozen.(6) My mother bought a dozen eggs.(7) They began by baking two dozen loaves.(8) The group leader supervises a dozen workers. A dozen is twelve. If you buy a dozen doughnuts for six people, everyone will get to eat two of them. The plural form is dozen after a number, or after a word or expression referring to a number, such as ‘several’ or ‘a few’. 置于数字或表示数字的词语如 several, a few等后面时用 dozen 这种复数形式。1[NUM 数词]一打；十二个 If you have a dozen things, you have twelve of them.   [usu a/num NUM]...a dozen eggs...一打鸡蛋You will be able to take ten dozen bottles free of duty through customs...你可以携带120瓶免税通过海关。He ordered a dozen of their best red roses...他订购了12朵他们那儿最好的红玫瑰。His chicken eggs sell for $22 a dozen.他的鸡蛋卖 22 美元一打。2[NUM 数词]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 .   [usu a/num NUM]I was sitting only a dozen feet away...我正坐在只有十几英尺远的地方。In half a dozen words, he had explained the bond that linked them...他用了六七个字就解释清楚了他们之间的关系。The riot left four people dead and several dozen injured.暴乱中四人丧生，数十人受伤。3[QUANT 数量词]许多；很多 If you refer to dozens of things or people, you are emphasizing that there are very many of them.   [QUANT of pl-n]  [emphasis]...a storm which destroyed dozens of homes and buildings.摧毁了许多房屋和建筑的暴风雨You can also use dozens as a pronoun.Just as revealing are Mr Johnson's portraits, of which there are dozens.约翰逊先生的肖像画同样发人深省，而这样的画有很多。

英语单词	dozen
英美音标	英 ['dʌzn] 美 ['dʌzn]
中文释义	n.(一)打；十二个 adj.一打的；十二个的
英语例句	(1) How much are those apples a dozen? (2) He gave me a dozen of roses for my birthday. (3) I had bred a dozen of chickens. (4) There were about a dozen of them. (5) The turkey is large enough to feed a dozen. (6) My mother bought a dozen eggs. (7) They began by baking two dozen loaves. (8) The group leader supervises a dozen workers.
中文例句	(1) 那些苹果一打多少钱？ (2) 他在我生日那天送我了一打玫瑰。 (3) 我饲养了12只小鸡。 (4) 大约有十二人。 (5) 那只火鸡大得足够十二个人吃 (6) 我妈妈买了一打鸡蛋。 (7) 他们通过烘烤两打的面包开始。 (8) 组长管十二个工人。
vocabulary简明	A dozen is twelve. If you buy a dozen doughnuts for six people, everyone will get to eat two of them.
vocabulary扩展	When you buy a dozen of something, you'll end up with twelve items. Your cat might, amazingly, have a dozen kittens, leading you to make a dozen phone calls trying to find homes for them all. Sometimes people use the word dozens to generically mean "a whole lot," as when you gasp, "There are dozens of seagulls sitting on my car!" Dozen has a Latin root, duodecim, "twelve."
柯林斯解释	The plural form is dozen after a number, or after a word or expression referring to a number, such as ‘several’ or ‘a few’. 置于数字或表示数字的词语如 several, a few等后面时用 dozen 这种复数形式。 1 [NUM 数词]一打；十二个 If you have a dozen things, you have twelve of them. [usu a/num NUM] ...a dozen eggs... 一打鸡蛋 You will be able to take ten dozen bottles free of duty through customs... 你可以携带120瓶免税通过海关。 He ordered a dozen of their best red roses... 他订购了12朵他们那儿最好的红玫瑰。 His chicken eggs sell for $22 a dozen. 他的鸡蛋卖 22 美元一打。 2 [NUM 数词]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 . [usu a/num NUM] I was sitting only a dozen feet away... 我正坐在只有十几英尺远的地方。 In half a dozen words, he had explained the bond that linked them... 他用了六七个字就解释清楚了他们之间的关系。 The riot left four people dead and several dozen injured. 暴乱中四人丧生，数十人受伤。 3 [QUANT 数量词]许多；很多 If you refer to dozens of things or people, you are emphasizing that there are very many of them. [QUANT of pl-n] [emphasis] ...a storm which destroyed dozens of homes and buildings. 摧毁了许多房屋和建筑的暴风雨 You can also use dozens as a pronoun. Just as revealing are Mr Johnson's portraits, of which there are dozens. 约翰逊先生的肖像画同样发人深省，而这样的画有很多。

Dozen People Group Twelve Refer Things I Buy