| 释义 |
dozens of something/someone
collocation
informal
a large number of particular things or people:
I've spoken to him dozens of times, but I still don't know his name!
Dozens of security personnel tried to cordon off the area.
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dozen
Official say they have fielded dozens of calls from potential students.
The twins did dozens of interviews and were mobbed everywhere they went.
This is a $400 million industry with dozens of companies nationally competing for part of the market.
The survey found dozens of cases where patients had withdrawn complaints.
Although dozens of homes were threatened by the fires, only two cabins were lost.
Dozens of people must have seen this and wondered what it was.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Large in number or quantity
a hundred/thousand/million and oneidiom
above and beyond somethingidiom
amount
and then someidiom
another
any amount ofidiom
billion
heap
high density
huge
hundred
in bucketsidiom
out/up the wazooidiom
poly
shower
so much soidiom
some
super-large
thick
thousand
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