two dozen的用法及短语

　　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。