dozen的基本含義及用法介紹

　　dozen作為名詞，含義有(一)打;十二個;十來個;十幾個;十多個;許多;很多。復(fù)數(shù)形式為dozens。例句有：

　　1、Give me a dozen, please.

　　請給我來一打。

　　2、The company employs no more than a couple of dozen people.

　　這個公司頂多雇用了幾十個人。

　　3、I've been there dozens of times.

　　我到那里去過很多次。

　　4、I was sitting only a dozen feet away...

　　我正坐在只有十幾英尺遠(yuǎn)的地方。

　　5、He had two dozen oysters and enjoyed every one of them.

　　他吃了兩打牡蠣，每一只都吃得津津有味。

　　6、The soup was concocted from up to a dozen different kinds of fish.

　　這種湯是用多達(dá)十幾種不同的魚熬制而成的。

　　7、The project has gone through nearly a dozen years of planning.

　　該項目已歷經(jīng)近12年的`規(guī)劃。

　　8、The list of drinks, a dozen pages long, makes fascinating reading

　　酒水單一共有十幾頁長，讀起來很有趣。

　　9、In half a dozen words, he had explained the bond that linked them

　　他用了六七個字就解釋清楚了他們之間的關(guān)系。

　　10、Her face is on the cover of a dozen or more magazines.

　　她的面孔出現(xiàn)在十幾種雜志的封面上。