dozen 的用法及固定搭配

dozen

1.dozen的复数形式有时后面加s,有时不加。dozen后面有时有of,有时没有。dozens后面不可没有of而直接接名词。下面几点该注意:

(1)some dozen people是“一打左右的人”,就是“大约十二个人”。some dozen of people同义。some dozens of people是“若干打的人”,就是“几十个人”。说“若干打”必须用some dozens,不可用some dozen。

(2)a dozen people,two dozen people,several dozen people,many dozen people等表达方式里都用dozen,不用dozens,而且都没有of,用了of便带古意。但a dozen of these people,two dozen of them,several dozen of wine等表达方式里该有of,因为习惯上在these,those,them,us等词前面该用dozen of,在wine等物质名词前面也该用dozen of(dozen后面省去bottles,quarts等词)。several dozen of wine或many dozen of wine里的dozen可以改作dozens。

(3)dozens of people(几十人、许多人)和dozens of times(几十次、许多次)等表达方式里用dozens,不用dozen。

2.关于a dozen和one dozen,参见a,an 20 (5)