dozen

noun

det.

1. （一）打；十二个
   a group of twelve of the same thing
   1. Give me a dozen, please.
      请给我来一打。
   2. two dozen eggs
      两打鸡蛋
   3. three dozen red roses
      三打红玫瑰
2. 十来个；十几个；十多个
   a group of approximately twelve people or things
   1. several dozen/a few dozen people
      数十 / 几十个人
   2. The company employs no more than a couple of dozen people.
      这个公司顶多雇用了几十个人。
   3. Only about half a dozen people turned up.
      只有六七个人到场。
   4. There was only space for a half-dozen tables.
      只有摆六张桌子的地方。
3. 许多；很多
   a lot of people or things
   1. They arrived in dozens (= in large numbers) .
      他们大批到达了。
   2. I've been there dozens of times.
      我到那里去过很多次。

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 一打;十二个
   If you have a dozen things, you have twelve of them.
   1. ...a dozen eggs...
      一打鸡蛋
   2. 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。
   3. 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。
   4. His chicken eggs sell for $22 a dozen.
      他的鸡蛋卖 22 美元一打。
2. 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 .
   1. I was sitting only a dozen feet away...
      我正坐在只有十几英尺远的地方。
   2. 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。
   3. The riot left four people dead and several dozen injured.
      暴乱中四人丧生，数十人受伤。
3. QUANT 许多;很多
   If you refer to dozens of things or people, you are emphasizing that there are very many of them.
   1. ...a storm which destroyed dozens of homes and buildings.
      摧毁了许多房屋和建筑的暴风雨
   2. You can also use dozens as a pronoun.
      
   3. 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。

1. Parcels arrived by the dozen from America
   包裹成打地从美国运来。
2. About a dozen homes were damaged in the deluge.
   在这场暴雨中大约有十几家房屋被毁。
3. 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。
4. 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。
5. His chicken eggs sell for$ 22 a dozen.
   他的鸡蛋卖22美元一打。
6. I was sitting only a dozen feet away
   我正坐在只有十几英尺远的地方。
7. 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。
8. The riot left four people dead and several dozen injured.
   暴乱中四人丧生，数十人受伤。
9. 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。
10. The photographers had already shot a dozen rolls of film.
    摄影师们已经拍光了一打胶卷。
11. A boy herded half a dozen camels down towards the water trough.
    一个男孩赶着6头骆驼朝饮水槽走去。
12. In the largest room about a dozen children and seven adults are sitting on the carpet
    在最大那间房里，地毯上坐了约12个小孩和7个大人。
13. She loaded me down with around a dozen cassettes
    她塞给我十几盒磁带。
14. 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。
15. A dozen mounted police rode into the square.
    十几名骑警进入了广场。
16. The project has gone through nearly a dozen years of planning.
    该项目已历经近12年的规划。
17. A dozen cartons of books had been overturned and strewn about the floor.
    十几个装书的纸箱都被倒空，乱扔了一地。
18. 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。
19. He used to watch body building videos and plough through a daily diet of a dozen eggs and four pints of milk.
    他曾经观看健身录像，并且熬过了每天12个鸡蛋和4品脱牛奶的饮食。
20. Portentous choices were forced on him by the dozen.
    众多事关重大的抉择强加在了他身上。
21. 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。
22. A dozen trees of various sorts were planted
    一共种了12棵不同种类的树。
23. 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。
24. Several dozen councillors walked out of the meeting in protest
    几十名政务会委员愤然从会场退席以示抗议。
25. Ernest Brown lives about a dozen blocks from where the riots began.
    欧内斯特·布朗住在离骚乱发生处几个街区远的地方。
26. The two women gabbled away twenty to the dozen.
    那两个女人叽里咕噜说个没完没了。
27. He had come half a dozen times to call upon his sister.
    他曾来过五六次看他的姐姐。

det.

a dime a dozen

a dime a dozen

talk, etc. nineteen to the dozen

• 喋喋不休
  to talk, etc. without stopping
  1. She was chatting away, nineteen to the dozen.
     她没完没了地聊着。

it's six of one and half a dozen of the other

• 半斤八两；不相上下
  used to say that there is not much real difference between two possible choices

noun

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

   Synonym:    twelve12XII

adj

1. denoting a quantity consisting of 12 items or units

   Synonym:    twelve12xii