dozendet.
（一）打；十二个
a group of twelve of the same thing
Give me a dozen, please.
请给我来一打。
two dozen eggs
两打鸡蛋
three dozen red roses
三打红玫瑰
十来个；十几个；十多个
a group of approximately twelve people or things
several dozen/a few dozen people
数十 / 几十个人
The company employs no more than a couple of dozen people.
这个公司顶多雇用了几十个人。
Only about half a dozen people turned up.
只有六七个人到场。
There was only space for a half-dozen tables.
只有摆六张桌子的地方。
许多；很多
a lot of people or things
They arrived in dozens (= in large numbers) .
他们大批到达了。
I've been there dozens of times.
我到那里去过很多次。
to talk, etc. without stopping
她没完没了地聊着。
She was chatting away, nineteen to the dozen.
dozen
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NUM 一打;十二个
If you have a dozen things, you have twelve of them....a dozen eggs...
一打鸡蛋
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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 .I was sitting only a dozen feet away...
我正坐在只有十几英尺远的地方。
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QUANT 许多;很多
If you refer to dozens of things or people, you are emphasizing that there are very many of them....a storm which destroyed dozens of homes and buildings.
摧毁了许多房屋和建筑的暴风雨
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Give me a dozen , please .
请给我来一打。
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His chicken eggs sell for $ 22 a dozen .
他的鸡蛋卖22美元一打。
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The new exhibit will tour a dozen US cities next year .
这批新展品明年将在美国十二个城市巡回展出。
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Only about half a dozen people turned up .
只有六七个人到场。
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The company employs no more than a couple of dozen people .
这个公司顶多雇用了几十个人。
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He has reversed himself on a dozen issues .
他已经不再坚持自己在一系列问题上的立场。
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The soup was concocted from up to a dozen different kinds of fish .
这种汤是用多达十几种不同的鱼熬制而成的。
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She was chatting away , nineteen to the dozen .
她没完没了地聊着。
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This phrase comes from bakers ' old custom of adding one extra loaf to an order of a dozen .
源自旧时面包店老板的习惯，即给所订购的一打面包搭送一条面包。
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They arrived in dozens .
他们大批到达了。
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Dozens of reporters camped out on her doorstep .
许多记者在她家门口露宿。
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He said there were dozens of economic plans in the works
他说有几十项经济计划已经开始实施。
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Dozens of people have been injured and many vehicles set on fire
很多人受了伤，多辆车起火。
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The project has gone through nearly a dozen years of planning .
该项目已历经近12年的规划。
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There was a big group of a dozen people at the table next to theirs
他们旁边的桌上坐了一大群人，有十几个。
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He had two dozen oysters and enjoyed every one of them .
他吃了两打牡蛎，每一只都吃得津津有味。
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The committee have tried dozens of different ways to smoke him out .
为了揭发他，委员会尝试过几十种不同的方法。
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Dozens of doctors and nurses have been working day and night for weeks
很多医生和护士已经夜以继日地工作数周了。
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He sat behind a table on which were half a dozen files .
他坐在一张放有6个文件夹的桌子后面。
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The list of drinks , a dozen pages long , makes fascinating reading
酒水单一共有十几页长，读起来很有趣。
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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。
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Each ship had a complement of around a dozen officers and 250 men
每艘船的编制人数约为军官12位，船员250名。
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This time the dead were numbered in hundreds , not dozens .
这次死亡人数是数以百计，而非几十人。
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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。
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The photographers had already shot a dozen rolls of film .
摄影师们已经拍光了一打胶卷。
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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。
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Her face is on the cover of a dozen or more magazines .
她的面孔出现在十几种杂志的封面上。
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His hair sticks up in half a dozen directions .
他的头发胡乱支棱着。
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Dozens of miles of railway track have been torn up
好几十英里的铁轨被毁坏了。
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Garbo made two dozen films , first silent pictures then talkies .
嘉宝拍过24部电影，先是无声的，后是有声的。
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