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🔑 dozenBrE /ˈdʌzn/NAmE /ˈdʌzn/ noun, determiner (dozen) 🔑 [C] (abbreviation doz.) a group of twelve of the same thing (一)打;十二个◆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 ➡ see also baker's dozen 🔑 [C] a group of approximately twelve people or things 十来个;十几个;十多个◆several dozen/a few dozen people 数十/几十个人◆The company employs no more than a couple of dozen people. 这家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。🔑 dozens [pl.] (informal) a lot of people or things 许多;很多◆They arrived in dozens (= in large numbers). 他们大批到达了。◆~ of sthI've been there dozens of times. 我到过那里很多次了。●talk, etc. nineteen to the ˈdozen(BrE, informal) to talk, etc. without stopping 喋喋不休◆She was chatting away, nineteen to the dozen. 她没完没了地聊着。●ˌtwo/ˌten a ˈpenny(BrE) (NAmEa ˌdime a ˈdozen) very common and therefore not valuable 普通得不值钱;(因常见而)价值低●it's six of ˌone and half a dozen of the ˈother(saying) used to say that there is not much real difference between two possible choices 半斤八两;不相上下 |