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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See you next Friday.
下星期五见。
Check the prices before you decide whether to buy one.
先把价格核对一下，再决定该不该买。
I may be able to start a small school.
那么，我也许能够开办一个小型的学校。