- 速记技巧
词源词缀法
来自拉丁语duodecim,十二,duo,二,decim,十。单词twelve(十二)以two(二)开头,同样,dozen也以“二”开头。它来自拉丁语duodecim,其中duo表“二”,decim表“十”。简单地说,dozen的do为词根“二”,-zen是“十”的残余。同根词如double(两倍的),其中ble表“翻折”。中文量词“打”是其音译。
谐音记忆法
打针。给“十二个”人打针。
- 知识拓展
单词用法
n.(名词)dozen可用作量词,a dozen of修饰名词时of可省略,但dozens of中的of不能省去。
重要短语
dozens of几十;许多
by the dozen成打地;按打计算
half a dozen adj.半打,六个
a dozen eggs一打鸡蛋
- 双语例句 更多例句
In the largest room about a dozen children and seven adults are sitting on the carpet.
在最大那间房里,地毯上坐了约12个小孩和7个大人。
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Several dozen councillors walked out of the meeting in protest.
几十名政务会委员愤然从会场退席以示抗议。
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A dozen inmates have absconded from Forest Jail in the past year.
去年共有12名犯人从福雷斯特监狱逃脱。
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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。
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The soup was concocted from up to a dozen different kinds of fish.
这种汤是用多达十几种不同的鱼熬制而成的。
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航班晚点会引发连锁反应。仅仅一趟晚点的航班就可能运载着许多需要转机的乘客。
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A dozen people were watching her, smirking at her discomfort.
有十来个人在看着她,对她不安的样子幸灾乐祸地笑着。
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A group of half a dozen men entered the pub and bore down on the bar.
一伙六个人走进酒吧,冲向吧台。
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The high tone of the occasion was assured by the presence of a dozen wealthy patrons.
十几位富有资助人的出席确保了仪式的高格调。
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Each ship had a complement of around a dozen officers and 250 men.
每艘船的编制人数约为军官12位,船员250名。
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He proposed half a dozen accords in such areas as culture, post and communications.
他就文化 、 邮电和通讯领域提出了六项建议.
《简明英汉词典》
Ernest Brown lives about a dozen blocks from where the riots began.
欧内斯特·布朗住在离骚乱发生处几个街区远的地方。
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他曾经观看健身录像,并且熬过了每天12个鸡蛋和4品脱牛奶的饮食。
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- 相关词组
- nineteen to the dozen19到12打
- two dozen两打
- The Dirty Dozen[电影]十二金刚;
- long dozenn.十三个;
- a dozen一打;
- a dozen of一打;
- a dozen times多次, 十几遍;
- by the dozen按打计算;
- a dime a dozen多得很,不稀罕,不值钱;
- six of one and half a dozen of the other六个
- talk nineteen to the dozen不停地说;唠唠叨叨;
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