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dozens

/ˈdʌznz/ /ˈdʌzənz/

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noun

ダース

A set of twelve.

Examples :

"Can I have a dozen eggs, please?"

卵を1ダースください。

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noun

数十、多数

(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 than perhaps one or two hundred; many.

Examples :

"There must have been dozens of examples just on the first page."

最初のページだけで数十の例があったに違いない。

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noun

ダース

An old English measure of ore containing 12 hundredweight.

Examples :

"The mine yielded several dozens of iron ore this week, each representing a significant amount of valuable material. "

今週、鉱山は数十ダースの鉄鉱石を産出し、それぞれが貴重な材料の重要な量を表しています。

amount material history unit

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noun

罵り合い、ののしり合い

(usually with "the") A verbal game in which two or more people exchange witty insults.

Examples :

"During lunch break, the students often played the dozens, trading funny and creative insults back and forth. "

昼休みには、生徒たちは面白い、創造的な罵り合いを互いにやり取りして、ののしり合いをすることがよくありました。

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