dozen

复数：dozens

1. [C](一)打,十二个 set of twelve

• buy〔destroy〕 a dozen买〔毁坏〕一打
• get〔have, make〕 a dozen得到〔有,构成〕一打
• need〔want〕 a dozen需要一打

• half a dozen半打
• long dozen十三个
• many dozens好几打
• round dozen整整一打
• some dozens几十个
• two dozens两打

• baker's dozen十三个

• dozens of cattle几十头牛
• dozens of times时常

dozens of几十；许多

by the dozen成打地；按打计算

half a dozen adj. 半打，六个

a dozen eggs一打鸡蛋

daily dozen每日健身操；例行公事

1. How much are those apples a dozen?
   那些苹果一打多少钱？
2. He gave me a dozen of roses for my birthday.
   他在我生日那天送我了一打玫瑰。
3. I had bred a dozen of chickens.
   我饲养了12只小鸡。
4. There were about a dozen of them.
   大约有十二人。
5. The turkey is large enough to feed a dozen.
   那只火鸡大得足够十二个人吃

1. My mother bought a dozen eggs.
   我妈妈买了一打鸡蛋。
2. They began by baking two dozen loaves.
   他们通过烘烤两打的面包开始。
3. The group leader supervises a dozen workers.
   组长管十二个工人。