dozens是什么意思？

dozens

英['dʌznz] 美['dʌznz]

• n. 几十，许多，（一）打，十二个( dozen的名词复数 )；

例句

• There are rumors in the air that dozens of people died in the fire. 有谣传许多人在那场大火中死亡。
• There are all sorts of rumors in the air that dozens of people were dead in the fire. 有各种传闻说许多人在那场大火中死亡。
• There are all sorts of rumours in the air that dozens of people were dead in the fire. 有各种传闻说许多人在那场大火中死亡。
• Pack them in dozens. 按打装袋吧。
• Dozens of miles of railway track have been torn up... 好几十英里的铁轨被毁坏了。
• Dozens of times each day, your blood pressure zigzags, adjusting to what you're feeling and doing. 随着你感情的变化以及所做的事情的不同, 你的血压每天升升降降几十次.
• Her book contains dozens of tips for streamlining your life. 她的书中有好几十个合理安排生活的建议.
• He's found and explored dozens of shipwrecks in oceans around the world. 他发现了并勘探了在全世界海洋中的很多遇难船只.
• Dozens of police arrived as the hoodlums closed in on him. 几个恶棍逐渐将他团团围住时,几十个警察到了.
• Pencils are sold in dozens and grosses. 铅笔是以打及箩为单位来卖的.

英语六级真题

I have to do an interview for the evening news about a man with dozens of cats.
出自-2014年6月听力原文

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• NUM
  一打;十二个
  If you have a dozen things, you have twelve of them.
  例句
  ...a dozen eggs... 一打鸡蛋 You will be able to take ten dozen bottles free of duty through customs... 你可以携带120瓶免税通过海关。
• NUM
  十几个;十来个
  You can refer to a group of approximately twelve things or people as a dozen. You can refer to a group of approximately six things or people as half a dozen .
  例句
  I was sitting only a dozen feet away... 我正坐在只有十几英尺远的地方。 In half a dozen words, he had explained the bond that linked them... 他用了六七个字就解释清楚了他们之间的关系。
• QUANT
  许多;很多
  If you refer to dozens of things or people, you are emphasizing that there are very many of them.
  例句
  ...a storm which destroyed dozens of homes and buildings. 摧毁了许多房屋和建筑的暴风雨

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. a large number or amount;
  "made lots of new friends""she amassed a mountain of newspapers"