dozen doz.en[`dʌzn; ˋdʌzn]《源自拉丁文“十二”的意思》名词(pl. ~s)1 (C)打,十二 (个) [of]two [several] ~ of eggs两 [几] 打蛋She bought two ~ of them.她买了两打那东西five ~ of these eggs [the eggs over there]这些蛋中 [在那边的蛋中] 的五打蛋some ~s of eggs几打蛋pack bottles in ~s按打包装瓶子How much are those apples a ~?.那些苹果一打多少钱?→ baker's dozen,long dozen,daily dozen.2 (口语)a. [a ~]大约一打 [十二,十三] 的数量,相当多[of]b. [~s]几十,多数[of]~s of people几十人,很多人I went there ~s (and ~s) of times.我去过那里几十次by the dozen(1) 按打,论打sell by the ~论打出售(2) 很多地; 数以打计地talk [speak] nineteen [twenty,forty] to the dozen(英)说个不停,喋喋不休形容词(无比较级、最高级)打的,十二 (个,人) 的a ~ apples一打 (的) 苹果five ~ eggs五打 (的) 蛋some ~ people为数约十二个人half a ~ bottles = a half ~ bottles六瓶