dozen

noun, determiner

/ˈdʌzn/

(plural dozen)

Idioms

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[countable]
(abbreviation doz.)
a group of twelve of the same thing
- Give me a dozen, please.
- two dozen eggs
- three dozen red roses
- half a dozen bottles of wine
- a half-dozen bottles of wine
see also baker’s dozen
[countable] a group of approximately twelve people or things
- several dozen/a few dozen people
- The company employs no more than a couple of dozen people.
- Only about half a dozen people turned up.
- There was only space for a half-dozen tables.
- There were two dozen or so, men mostly, all looking a little bored.
dozens
[plural] (informal) a lot of people or things
- dozens of something I've been there dozens of times.
- We interviewed dozens and dozens of people.
- in dozens They arrived in dozens (= in large numbers).
- Babies are turning up in their dozens to be snapped for the paper's Baby of the Year competition.

Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French dozeine, based on Latin duodecim ‘twelve’.

Idioms

a dime a dozen (North American English)

(British English two/ten a penny)

very common and therefore not valuable

it’s six of one and half a dozen of the other

(saying) used to say that there is not much real difference between two possible choicesTopics Preferences and decisionsc2

talk, etc. nineteen to the dozen

(British English, informal) to talk, etc. without stopping
- She was chatting away, nineteen to the dozen.

单词	dozen
释义	dozen noun, determiner /ˈdʌzn/ /ˈdʌzn/ (plural dozen) Idioms jump to other results [countable] (abbreviation doz.) a group of twelve of the same thing Give me a dozen, please. two dozen eggs three dozen red roses half a dozen bottles of wine a half-dozen bottles of wine see also baker’s dozen [countable] a group of approximately twelve people or things several dozen/a few dozen people The company employs no more than a couple of dozen people. Only about half a dozen people turned up. There was only space for a half-dozen tables. There were two dozen or so, men mostly, all looking a little bored. dozens [plural] (informal) a lot of people or things dozens of something I've been there dozens of times. We interviewed dozens and dozens of people. in dozens They arrived in dozens (= in large numbers). Babies are turning up in their dozens to be snapped for the paper's Baby of the Year competition. Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French dozeine, based on Latin duodecim ‘twelve’. Idioms a dime a dozen (North American English) (British English two/ten a penny) very common and therefore not valuable it’s six of one and half a dozen of the other (saying) used to say that there is not much real difference between two possible choicesTopics Preferences and decisionsc2 talk, etc. nineteen to the dozen (British English, informal) to talk, etc. without stopping She was chatting away, nineteen to the dozen.
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