dozen的用法及短语：dozen可作为名词和量词，作为名词时，中文翻译为“一打”、“十二个”、“十来个”、“十几个”、“许多”、“很多”，后面常接介词of构成固定搭配，即a dozen of或者dozens of。
dozen的基本含义及用法介绍
dozen作为名词，含义有(一)打;十二个;十来个;十几个;十多个;许多;很多。复数形式为dozens。例句有：
1、Give me a dozen, please.
请给我来一打。
2、The company employs no more than a couple of dozen people.
这个公司顶多雇用了几十个人。
3、I've been there dozens of times.
我到那里去过很多次。
4、I was sitting only a dozen feet away...
我正坐在只有十几英尺远的地方。
5、He had two dozen oysters and enjoyed every one of them.
他吃了两打牡蛎，每一只都吃得津津有味。
6、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。
7、The project has gone through nearly a dozen years of planning.
该项目已历经近12年的规划。
8、The list of drinks, a dozen pages long, makes fascinating reading
酒水单一共有十几页长，读起来很有趣。
9、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。
10、Her face is on the cover of a dozen or more magazines.
她的面孔出现在十几种杂志的封面上。
