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dozen

/duhz-uhn/US // ˈdʌz ən //UK // (ˈdʌzən) //

一打,十几个,一打的,打

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural doz·ens, doz·en.

    • : a group of 12.
    • : the dozens, Slang. a ritualized game typically engaged in by two persons each of whom attempts to outdo the other in insults directed against members of the other's family.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : twelve.

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Examples

  • Typically, by this time of year, we’re talking dozens per 100,000 every week.

  • Even with the over half-dozen shots that have now been approved around the globe, it’s unlikely that you’ll get to choose for some time yet.

  • Now, my Texas family buys their tamales — by the many dozens, so that they have enough to feed anyone who happens to stop by.

  • In some cases, the model is being exceptionally conservative because of a lack of polling in the state, but the first dozen on the list are realistic pickup opportunities for Democrats.

  • There’s a dozen ways to end your career in Disco Elysium, and only a few actually involve solving the case.

  • Perhaps on his own nowadays, Epstein is trying his best to webmaster over a dozen URLs.

  • A dozen Revolutionary Guards were caught deep inside Pakistan, tracking Rigi.

  • Another picture showed him surrounded by a dozen or so fighters—some masked and others laughing.

  • A gifted marketer, he sent samples of the hat to merchandisers all over the West, asking for a minimum order of a dozen.

  • Six months after we spoke, more than two-dozen have successfully qualified, and won the same exemption.

  • There were at least a dozen ladies seated round the big table at the Parsonage.

  • I ask for half a dozen projectors or so in every school, and for a well-stocked storehouse of films.

  • Before we had all fired, Fanning and a dozen of his sharpest men had again loaded, and were by our side.

  • We had half a dozen passengers to Ferrara; for the rest of the way, I had this extensive traveling establishment to myself.

  • Our class has swelled to about a dozen persons now, and a good many others come and play to him once or twice and then go.