How much are those apples a dozen?
那些苹果一打多少钱？
He gave me a dozen of roses for my birthday.
他在我生日那天送我了一打玫瑰。
I had bred a dozen of chickens.
我饲养了12只小鸡。
There were about a dozen of them.
大约有十二人。
The turkey is large enough to feed a dozen.
那只火鸡大得足够十二个人吃
My mother bought a dozen eggs.
我妈妈买了一打鸡蛋。
They began by baking two dozen loaves.
他们通过烘烤两打的面包开始。
The group leader supervises a dozen workers.
组长管十二个工人。
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
several dozen'/a few dozen people
数十 / 几十个人
The company employs no more than a couple of dozen people.
这个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。
They arrived in dozens (= in large numbers) .
他们大批到达了。
I've been there dozens of times.
我到那里去过很多次。
I was sitting only a dozen feet away...
我正坐在只有十几英尺远的地方。
In half a dozen words, he had explained the bond that linked them...
他用了六七个字就解释清楚了他们之间的关系。
...a storm which destroyed dozens of homes and buildings.
摧毁了许多房屋和建筑的暴风雨
You will be able to take ten dozen bottles free of duty through customs...
你可以携带120瓶免税通过海关。
...a dozen eggs...
一打鸡蛋
Eggs sell at 60 cents a dozen.
鸡蛋售价为每打六角.
The two women gabbled away twenty to the dozen.
那两个女人叽里咕噜说个没完没了.
He fell the tree with a dozen blows of his axe.
他十几斧头就把树砍倒了.
He had come half a dozen times to call upon his sister.
他曾来过五六次看他的姐姐.
I have sent for a dozen copies of the book.
这本书我订购了12本.
A dozen nearby sparrows chirruped back.
12只附近的麻雀也回应着叽叽喳喳叫起来.
A couple of dozen prints were rolled off in no time.
一下子就印好了几十张图片.
He proposed half a dozen accords in such areas as culture, post and communications.
他就文化 、 邮电和通讯领域提出了六项建议.
Some dozen barefooted urchins ganged in from the riverside.
几十个赤足的顽童从河边成群结队而来.
The hall was well lighted by a dozen windows.
十来个大窗户使大厅显得格外敞亮.
The group leader supervises a dozen workers.
组长管十二个工人.
The police have pulled in a half dozen people who they suspect.
警方已逮捕六个他们怀疑的人.
The soup was concocted from up to a dozen different kinds of fish.
这种汤是用多达十几种不同的鱼熬制而成的。
Give me a dozen, please.
请给我来一打。
Ernest Brown lives about a dozen blocks from where the riots began.
欧内斯特·布朗住在离骚乱发生处几个街区远的地方。
A group of half a dozen men entered the pub and bore down on the bar.
一伙六个人走进酒吧，冲向吧台。
And another dozen of Bass while it settles.
出自：D. L. SayersShe wants him to buy her another dozen.
出自：G. B. ShawA face, then three, then a dozen, turned to look at him.
出自：W. FaulknerShopping in the Dime Store-(在低价商店购物)
A：Do you carry black ink?
你们有黑墨水卖吗？
B：The ink should be next to the paper clips and thumb tacks in the stationary section, sir.
墨水应该在文具部的回形针和图钉旁边，先生。
A：I've looked, but I didn't see any black ink.
我看过了，但没找到黑墨水。
B：Then I'm afraid there's none in stock.
那我想是缺货了。
A：Well, I'll settle for blue-black. I'll also take adozen airmail envelopes.
嗯，那要蓝黑的也可以。我还要一打航空信封。
B：They come in packages of ten or twenty.
信封分成十只一扎或二十只一扎出售。
dozen的解释
A：Give me a package of twenty, then. And where do I find shoelaces?
那就给我二十只一扎的。还有我去哪儿可以找到鞋带。
B：On counter three.
在第三号柜台。
A：Thank you. I never can find my way around this store.
谢谢，我在这家商店里总是搞不清商品的部位。
B：I know. It took me three weeks, and I work here.
我知道。我在这儿工作，花了三个星期才熟悉。
形容词:：dozenth
