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Aunt Emily put up a dozen cans of tomato last fall.
去年秋天埃米莉姑妈做了12瓶番茄酱。
She buy a dozen of egg in the market.
她在市场上买了一打鸡蛋。
They were chatting away nineteen to the dozen.
他们聊个没完。
She bought two dozen of them.
她买了两打那东西。
The unemployed engineer wrote a dozen applications for jobs but got nothing.
失业的工程师一连写了十几份求职信，但一无所获。
I had bred a dozen of chickens.
我饲养了12只小鸡。
My mother bought a dozen eggs.
我妈妈买了一打鸡蛋。
A long gunman gave a dozen deli employees the chill of their life when he herded them into two walk-in freezers and make off with $9,000.
一名独行持枪匪徒，将12名熟食店的工作人员赶进两间冷冻室，抢走了9000美元。这些人一辈子也没如此受冻(受惊)过。
It would have taken a dozen men with picks and shovels three months to do what we've done today, with this earth-moving machine.
今天我们用这辆掘土机干的活，相当于12个用镐和铲干活的人劳动3个月。
It would have taken a dozen men with picks and shovels four months to do what we've done today, with this comparatively small earth-moving machine.
我们今天用小型挖土机所干的活，若是用镐和铲子，十几个人得花四个月才能完成。
Cheaper by the dozen.
一打一打买更便宜。
He sells eggs by the dozen.
他论打出售鸡蛋。
Eggs are sold by the dozen.
鸡蛋按打卖。
Carried a dozen workers on the payroll.
工资名单上包括十二个工人
I can't tell whether he or she is to blame it's six of one and half a dozen of the other.
我说不好他们俩谁是谁非--一个半斤，一个八 .
Twelve apples makes an even dozen.
十二个苹果正好一打。
They are chatting away nineteen to the dozen.
他们正在说个不停。
There're a baker's dozen of eggs.
有十三个鸡蛋。
The eggs are sold by the dozen.
鸡蛋按打卖。
There were half a dozen foxes skulking in the undergrowth.
在林下灌丛中潜伏著五六只狐狸。
This store often charges only 65 US cents a dozen for large eggs.
一打大鸡蛋在这家店里常常仅卖六角五分。
They spoke nineteen to the dozen about all they had done in that time.
他们喋喋不休地谈著那段时间里他们所做过的一切。
They talked nineteen to the dozen about all they had done in that time.
他们喋喋不休地谈著那段时间里他们所做过的一切。
Her tongue goes nineteen to the dozen.
她喋喋不休说个没完。
How much are those apples a dozen?
那些苹果一打多少钱？
He is fluent in a dozen foreign languages.
他通晓十多种外国语言。
The two women gabbled away twenty to the dozen.
那两个女人叽哩咕噜说个没完没了。
A dozen petticoats bulked out her figure.
十几条衬裙把她的身体撑得圆鼓鼓的。
She bought a dozen of eggs in the market.
她在市场上买了一打鸡蛋。
I'd like to send a dozen red roses.
我想订一束红玫瑰。
These instances sum up to several dozen.
这些例子总计达数十个。
Radio Beijing broadcasts on a dozen different frequencies.
北京电台以十几种不同的频率进行广播。
Half a dozen air mail labels and a book of stamps.
半打航空信签和一本邮票。
How much do you charge for a dozen eggs?
蛋一打多少钱?
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。
Hong Kong started half a dozen Kees on his trails.
香港马上派了六个姬家的人盯梢他。
I've had half a dozen unimportant affairs.
我琐事缠身。
A dozen clamoured to put on our list.
有一打人吵着要在我们的名单上登记。
He strings his phrases by the dozen.
他老是重复这些陈词滥调。
There were about a dozen of them.
大约有十二人。
Vida Sherwin ran in after school a dozen times.
维达·舍温往往在放学后出去串门。
In Hollywood, pretty girls are a dime a dozen.
在好莱坞漂亮姑娘多的是。
It is six of one and half a dozen of the other.
这不过是半斤八两而已。
The ambush was a dozen well-armed men.
以少数武装兵做伏兵。
This highway runs through a dozen towns.
这条公路贯穿十几个城镇。
Artists are a dime a dozen in Paris.
在巴黎，艺术家多得很。
Those salesman are a dime a dozen.
那样的推销员很多。
We want to order a dozen paintings.
我要订购12张画来装饰我们的大楼。
He gave me a dozen of roses for my birthday.
他在我生日那天送我了一打玫瑰。
I'd like to send a dozen of red roses.
我想订一束红玫瑰。