dozen

英 ['dʌzn] 美 ['dʌzn]

• n. (一)打；十二个
• adj. 一打的；十二个的

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C](一)打,十二个

   set of twelve

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 十二个，（一）打
2. 许多，很多
3. 十几个，十来个，十多个
4. 若干
5. 谩骂游戏

adj. 形容词

1. 一打的，十二个的

v. 动词

1. 把…分成十二个一组，把…组成打

英英释义

Noun:

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

Adjective:

1. denoting a quantity consisting of 12 items or units

例句

用作名词 (n.)

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

用作形容词 (adj.)

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。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. Pack them in dozens.
   把它们成打包装起来。
2. He bought three dozen bottles of wine.
   他买了36瓶酒。

经典引文

• And another dozen of Bass while it settles.

  出自： D. L. Sayers

• She wants him to buy her another dozen.

  出自： G. B. Shaw

• A face, then three, then a dozen, turned to look at him.

  出自： W. Faulkner

常用短语

用作名词 (n.)

a dozen (of)

一打 a set of twelve

dozens of

很多 many

talk nineteen to the dozen

不停地说 talk continually

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• 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

形容词+～

• 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

名词+～

• baker's dozen 十三个

～+介词

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

词语用法

n. (名词)

1. dozen可用作量词, a dozen of修饰名词时of可省略,但dozens of中的of不能省去。

词源解说

• ☆ 直接源自古法语的dozeine，意为十二个。

近反义词

【近义词】

• xii 十二
• twelve 十二
• 12 twelve,十二