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two dozen的用法及短語

  dozen的基本含義及用法介紹

  dozen作為名詞,含義有(一)打;十二個;十來個;十幾個;十多個;許多;很多。複數形式為dozens。例句有:

  1、Give me a dozen, please.

  請給我來一打。

  2、The company employs no more than a couple of dozen people.

  這個公司頂多僱用了幾十個人。

  3、I've been there dozens of times.

  我到那裡去過很多次。

  4、I was sitting only a dozen feet away...

  我正坐在只有十幾英尺遠的地方。

  5、He had two dozen oysters and enjoyed every one of them.

  他吃了兩打牡蠣,每一隻都吃得津津有味。

  6、The soup was concocted from up to a dozen different kinds of fish.

  這種湯是用多達十幾種不同的魚熬製而成的。

  7、The project has gone through nearly a dozen years of planning.

  該專案已歷經近12年的`規劃。

  8、The list of drinks, a dozen pages long, makes fascinating reading

  酒水單一共有十幾頁長,讀起來很有趣。

  9、In half a dozen words, he had explained the bond that linked them

  他用了六七個字就解釋清楚了他們之間的`關係。

  10、Her face is on the cover of a dozen or more magazines.

  她的面孔出現在十幾種雜誌的封面上。