n. （一）打，十二个
adj. 一打的
dozen可以用作名词
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。
dozen用作名词的用法例句
How much are those apples a dozen?那些苹果一打多少钱？
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 had bred a dozen of chickens.我饲养了12只小鸡。
1、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。
2、She loaded me down with around a dozen cassettes.
她塞给我十几盒磁带。
3、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。