Dozen
[ 'dʌzn ]
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n. （一）打，十二个;
adj. 一打的;
💡 词根助记
do(duo-=two)+zen(ten)→一打；十二个
📝 例句
I want a dozen of pencils, please!
劳驾，我要一打铅笔。（缩写为： doz)
The bottom line is that stores like yours are a dime a dozen.
根本原因是象你们那样的商店不稀罕了。
A dozen crates were shipped off by air freight last week.
十二篓上星期已空运走了。
The ambush was a dozen well-armed men.
以少数武装兵做伏兵。
These eggs are $2 a dozen.
这些鸡蛋一打卖两美元。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ do-做,zen-拼音“怎”:欲做一打袜子,怎样保证质量
※ do-做,z-似数字“2”,e-拼音“鹅”,n-似“门”:给两只鹅做了12条门
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
dozen
n
(pl ~s or unchanged when counting sth 作量词时复数不变) (abbr 缩写 doz)
1 set of twelve （一）打（十二个）
Eggs are sold by the dozen. 鸡蛋按打卖.
They're 70p a dozen. 这卖70便士一打.
Pack them in dozens. 按打装袋吧.
[attrib 作定语]
Half a dozen (ie 6) eggs, please. 我要半打鸡蛋.
We need three dozen boxes. 我们需要三打盒子. =>App 4 见附录4.
2 (idm 习语) a baker's dozen => baker. one's daily dozen => daily. a dime a dozen => dime. dozens of (infml 口) lots of 许多
She's got dozens of boy-friends. 她的男朋友多极了. talk, etc, nineteen to the `dozen talk, etc continually 不停地谈、 说等
They were chatting away nineteen to the dozen. 他们聊个没完. (it is) ,six of `one and ,half a dozen of the `other there is very little difference between the one and the other 两者几无区别; 半斤八
I can't tell whether he or she is to blame it's six of one and half a dozen of the other. 我说不好他们俩谁是谁非--一个半斤, 一个八 .
🎯 考研助记
打整”（谐音）: 一打整
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There's no need for that. We'll have dinner another time.
不必为那件事惭愧。我们改个时间再共进晚餐吧。
We swam and dived off the rocks into the sea.
我们从岩石上跳进海里游泳。
It was not yet light, so it was easy to stay hidden.
天还没亮，所以很容易隐蔽。