dozen

The hall was well lighted by a dozen windows.

十来个大窗户使大厅显得格外敞亮.

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

他十几斧头就把树砍倒了.

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

他有12名警官随行。

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。

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。

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 project has gone through nearly a dozen years of planning.

该项目已历经近12年的规划。

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。

A dozen mounted police rode into the square.

十几名骑警进入了广场。

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。

Give me a dozen, please.

请给我来一打。

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

一下子就印好了几十张图片.

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。

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

他曾来过五六次看他的姐姐.

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 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。

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。

Eggs sell at 60 cents a dozen.

鸡蛋售价为每打六角.

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.

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.

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.

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。

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。

A dozen nearby sparrows chirruped back.

12只附近的麻雀也回应着叽叽喳喳叫起来.

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 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 group leader supervises a dozen workers.

组长管十二个工人.

I have sent for a dozen copies of the book.

这本书我订购了12本.

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。

The two women gabbled away twenty to the dozen.

那两个女人叽里咕噜说个没完没了.