dozen

英['dʌzn]美['dʌzn]
  • n. (一)打；十二个
  • adj. 一打的；十二个的

    • 记忆方法

    谐音记忆法
    打针。给“十二个”人打针。
    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。
      noun(名词)
      1. 十二个，一打

    双解例句

    noun(名词)
    1. 十二个，一打

      a dozen eggs

      一打鸡蛋

      This recipe makes three dozen cookies.

      这份配料能做三打小甜饼。

      Could you get me half a dozen (= six) eggs when you go to the supermarket?

      你去超市时给我捎半打鸡蛋好吗？

      I've spoken to him dozens of (= many) times, but I still don't know his name!

      虽然我和他说过很多次话，但我连他的名字都还不知道！

      The refugees arrived by the dozen/in their dozens (= in large numbers).

      难民们成群结队地到来。

    小知识

    A dozen is twelve. If you buy a dozen doughnuts for six people, everyone will get to eat two of them.

    When you buy a dozen of something, you'll end up with twelve items. Your cat might, amazingly, have a dozen kittens, leading you to make a dozen phone calls trying to find homes for them all. Sometimes people use the word dozens to generically mean “a whole lot,” as when you gasp, “There are dozens of seagulls sitting on my car!” Dozen has a Latin root, duodecim, “twelve.”

    实用短语

    1. the dirty dozen

      十二金刚

    2. cheaper by the dozen

      儿女一箩筐,父亲大人,二生笑

    3. deadly dozen

      重返狼穴,威震敌后,十二金刚,敌后敢死队

    4. a dozen eggs

      一打鸡蛋,一打蛋,十二个鸡蛋,个鸡蛋

    5. a dime a dozen

      不值钱

    6. dz dozen

      一打

    7. golden dozen solitaire

      黄金纸牌十二合一,十二合一

    8. the amazing dare-dozen

      鸡蛋传递游戏

    9. forty to the dozen

      滔滔不绝地,急忙地

    常用短语

    1. dozens of

      几十；许多

    2. by the dozen

      成打地；按打计算

    3. half a dozen

      adj. 半打，六个

    4. a dozen eggs

      一打鸡蛋

    5. daily dozen

      每日健身操；例行公事

    单词用法

    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

    词根词缀

    词根: du

    =two,表示”二,双”

    • adj.

      duplicate 复制的,二重的

      du二,双+plic重复+ate表动词,形容词或名词→重复第二份→复制

      dual 双重的

      du二,双+al……的→adj.双重的

      duplex 双重的;双倍的

      du二,双+plex重叠→而重的

    • n.

      duplicate 复制品

      du二,双+plic重复+ate表动词,形容词或名词→重复第二份→复制

      dozen 一打, 十二个

      do=du二,双+zen十→二个加十个→十二个

      duality 双的,二重的,双重

      dual[adj.双重的]+ity表名词→n.双的,二重的,双重

      duplicity 欺骗,口是心非

      du二,双+plic重复+ity状态→两种重复状态→二心

    • n.&v.

      duel 决斗

      du二+el=bell斗→合成为duel→二人斗

    • v.

      duplicate 复写,使加倍

      du二,双+plic重复+ate表动词,形容词或名词→重复第二份→复制