half-dozen
noun[S]
ukus(alsohalf a dozen);(alsohalf-a-dozen)a set of six things or agroupof sixpeople:
Thecompanyisbasedin the UK but also haslargeoperationsacrosshalfadozenEuropeancountries.
| 单词 | half-dozen |
| 释义 | half-dozen noun[S] ukus(alsohalf a dozen);(alsohalf-a-dozen)a set of six things or agroupof sixpeople: Thecompanyisbasedin the UK but also haslargeoperationsacrosshalfadozenEuropeancountries. Examplesofhalf-dozenhalf-dozen Since 1979, when he was still in his twenties, he has authored half a dozen books while editing anotherhalf-dozen. From theCambridge English Corpus Inevitably, in the course of time, somehalf-dozenof the participants have withheld their contributions and published them elsewhere. From theCambridge English Corpus By all existing evidence, the exploded planet hypothesis has proved far more useful than thehalf-dozenor so hypotheses it would replace. From theCambridge English Corpus Five-act structure was used in only ahalf-dozenoperas between 1640 and 1644, but was revived at the end of the century. From theCambridge English Corpus The standards of employment practice among thehalf-dozenemployers were generally high, though not necessarily uniform across the whole of their work forces. From theCambridge English Corpus About anotherhalf-dozenof the seventeen chapters in this book have also been published elsewhere, sometimes in an expanded form. From theCambridge English Corpus Then it would be wound up and the proceeds, unfortunately not enough to make a hard court, would be distributed among thehalf-dozenmembers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I visited that exhibition and found a screen containing somehalf-dozenplacards devoted to the timber industry. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 No one man and nohalf-dozenmen could hope to control such a large tonnage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Somehalf-dozensites are at present being worked, and over 40,000 tons of coal have been extracted to date. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I find it difficult to believe that perhaps anotherhalf-dozenof those on this list do. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 If he is so satisfied, will he ask the firsthalf-dozenfarmers he meets in the market place, for they will tell him something different. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I have dealt with somehalf-dozenof the many points that have emerged from our own consultation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That has been the process over the pasthalf-dozenyears. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Specialist facilities are available in somehalf-dozenunits, all but one of which are attached to special schools. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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