英语词汇“dozen”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

dozendozen /ˈdʌzən/ ●●● S2 W1 noun (written abbreviation doz.)

ETYMOLOGYdozen

Origin: 1200-1300 Old French dozeine, from doze twelve

COLLOCATIONS► half a dozen

He made half a dozen (=six, or approximately six) phone calls.

1a/two/three etc. dozen (something) one, two, three, etc. groups of 12: two dozen eggs He made half a dozen (=six, or approximately six) phone calls.2dozens (of something) informal a lot, but not hundreds: Dozens were injured in the fire.dozen of She’s had dozens of boyfriends. → see also baker's dozen, a dime a dozen at dime (2), it’s six of one and half a dozen of the other at six (3)USAGE: dozen, dozens• Dozen, without an “s,” is used after numbers: I bought two dozen apples (=24 apples).• Dozens is used informally to mean “a lot,” when the exact number is not important: I bought dozens of apples (=a lot of apples).

单词	dozen
释义	dozendozen /ˈdʌzən/ ●●● S2 W1 noun (written abbreviation doz.) Etymology ETYMOLOGYdozen Origin: 1200-1300 Old French dozeine, from doze twelve Collocations COLLOCATIONS► half a dozen He made half a dozen (=six, or approximately six) phone calls. 1a/two/three etc. dozen (something) one, two, three, etc. groups of 12: two dozen eggs He made half a dozen (=six, or approximately six) phone calls.2dozens (of something) informal a lot, but not hundreds: Dozens were injured in the fire.dozen of She’s had dozens of boyfriends. → see also baker's dozen, a dime a dozen at dime (2), it’s six of one and half a dozen of the other at six (3)USAGE: dozen, dozens• Dozen, without an “s,” is used after numbers: I bought two dozen apples (=24 apples).• Dozens is used informally to mean “a lot,” when the exact number is not important: I bought dozens of apples (=a lot of apples).
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