dozen

Eggs sell at 60 cents a dozen.

鸡蛋售价为每打六角.

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。

I have sent for a dozen copies of the book.

这本书我订购了12本.

Give me a dozen, please.

请给我来一打。

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。

A dozen nearby sparrows chirruped back.

12只附近的麻雀也回应着叽叽喳喳叫起来.

The hall was well lighted by a dozen windows.

十来个大窗户使大厅显得格外敞亮.

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。

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。

The police have pulled in a half dozen people who they suspect.

警方已逮捕六个他们怀疑的人.

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。

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

他有12名警官随行。

Delayed flights have a ripple effect. Just one late flight could be carrying passengers for a dozen connecting services.

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。

He had come half a dozen times to call upon his sister.

他曾来过五六次看他的姐姐.

He fell the tree with a dozen blows of his axe.

他十几斧头就把树砍倒了.

The group leader supervises a dozen workers.

组长管十二个工人.

A couple of dozen prints were rolled off in no time.

一下子就印好了几十张图片.

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 two women gabbled away twenty to the dozen.

那两个女人叽里咕噜说个没完没了.

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。

He used to watch body building videos and plough through a daily diet of a dozen eggs and four pints of milk.

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。

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。

Portentous choices were forced on him by the dozen.

众多事关重大的抉择强加在了他身上。

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。

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。

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。

Some dozen barefooted urchins ganged in from the riverside.

几十个赤足的顽童从河边成群结队而来.

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.

A dozen mounted police rode into the square.

十几名骑警进入了广场。

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

该项目已历经近12年的规划。