dozens的意思|dozens的解释-里氏词典

dozens ['dʌzn.]

n. 几十, 许多

dozens

[ noun ]
a large number or amount
<noun.quantity>
made lots of new friendsshe amassed stacks of newspapers

Dozen \Doz"en\ (d[u^]z"'n), n.; pl. {Dozen} (before another
noun), {Dozens} (d[u^]z"'nz). [OE. doseine, dosein, OF.
doseine, F. douzaine, fr. douze twelve, fr. L. duodecim; duo
two + decem ten. See {Two}, {Ten}, and cf. {Duodecimal}.]
1. A collection of twelve objects; a tale or set of twelve;
with or without of before the substantive which follows.
``Some six or seven dozen of Scots.'' ``A dozen of shirts
to your back.'' ``A dozen sons.'' ``Half a dozen
friends.'' --Shak.

2. An indefinite small number. --Milton.

{A baker's dozen}, thirteen; -- called also a {long dozen}.

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At the Port Isabel Service Processing Center, where an influx of asylum applicants was expected, giant tents were pitched to house detainees and dozens of typewriters were shipped to process applications.
The witnesses said corpses were lying on the streets in the Novo Sarajevo and Novi Grad districts. Casualty figures were difficult to confirm but Belgrade television said at least three civilians had been killed and dozens wounded.
They also jailed dozens of Contra leaders, while expelling U.S. Ambassador Richard Melton and seven other American diplomats.
About two dozens toilets and urinals in the King County Courthouse exploded when they were flushed after an air compressor was mistakenly connected to a water line, officials said.
Anti-government guerrillas fired rockets at an Afghan city, hitting a hospital and killing dozens of people, Tass reported Thursday.
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