Parola del giorno in inglese

Definizioni

inglese > italiano
dozen
1. sost. dozzina
inglese > inglese
dozen
1. subst. A set of twelve.
Can I have a dozen eggs, please?
I ordered two dozen doughnuts.
There shouldn't be more than two dozen Christmas cards left to write.
Pack the shirts in dozens, please.
2. subst. (as plural only, always followed by of) A large, unspecified number of, comfortably estimated in small multiples of twelve, thus generally implied to be significantly more than ten or twelve, but less
There must have been dozens of examples just on the first page.
There were dozens and dozens of applicants before the job was posted.
3. subst. (metallurgy) An old English measure of ore containing 12 hundredweight.
italiano > inglese
dozzina
1. subst. dozen (twelve or about twelve)

Pronuncia

Esempi d'uso

There are no fewer than a dozen bedrooms in this mansion.      Ci sono non più di una dozzina di camere da letto in questa villa. He used the word half-a-dozen times in as many lines.      Ha usato la parola una mezza dozzina di volte in altrettante righe. I finished buying a dozen eggs.      Sono finito a comprare una dozzina di uova. I've been there a dozen times.      Sono stato lì una dozzina di volte. I bought half a dozen eggs.      Ho comprato una mezza dozzina d'uova.

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