a dozen

A dozen trees of various sorts were planted.

一共种了12棵不同种类的树。

He sat behind a table on which were half a dozen files.

他坐在一张放有6个文件夹的桌子后面。

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。

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。

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。

This phrase comes from bakers' old custom of adding one extra loaf to an order of a dozen.

源自旧时面包店老板的习惯，即给所订购的一打面包搭送一条面包。

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。

I was sitting only a dozen feet away.

我正坐在只有十几英尺远的地方。

She loaded me down with around a dozen cassettes.

她塞给我十几盒磁带。

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。

His chicken eggs sell for $22 a dozen.

他的鸡蛋卖22美元一打。

A dozen cartons of books had been overturned and strewn about the floor.

十几个装书的纸箱都被倒空，乱扔了一地。

Britain has a dozen warships in the area, with a total of five thousand military personnel altogether

英国在该地区驻有12艘战舰，共有5,000名军人。

Give me a dozen, please.

请给我来一打。

She loaded me down with around a dozen cassettes

她塞给我十几盒磁带。

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。

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。

The corridor echoed with the barking of a dozen dogs.

十来只狗的叫声在走廊里回响。

He was accompanied by an entourage of a dozen police officers.

他有12名警官随行。

He has reversed himself on a dozen issues.

他已经不再坚持自己在一系列问题上的立场。

A dozen mounted police rode into the square.

十几名骑警进入了广场。

About a dozen homes were damaged in the deluge.

在这场暴雨中大约有十几家房屋被毁。

His chicken eggs sell for$ 22 a dozen.

他的鸡蛋卖22美元一打。

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。

The photographers had already shot a dozen rolls of film.

摄影师们已经拍光了一打胶卷。

The group leader supervises a dozen workers.

组长管十二个工人.

His hair sticks up in half a dozen directions.

他的头发胡乱支棱着。

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

该项目已历经近12年的规划。

The next phase of the operation will involve the deployment of more than 35,000 troops from a dozen countries

下一阶段的军事行动将要对来自12个国家的35,000多名士兵进行部署。

The new exhibit will tour a dozen US cities next year.

这批新展品明年将在美国十二个城市巡回展出。