| 词汇 | half-dozen |
| 释义 | half-dozen noun[ S ] ukus(alsohalf a dozen); (also half-a-dozen) a set of six things or a group of six people: The company is based in the UK but also has large operations across half a dozen European countries. Examples of half-dozenhalf-dozen Since 1979, when he was still in his twenties, he has authored half a dozen books while editing another half-dozen. Inevitably, in the course of time, some half-dozen of the participants have withheld their contributions and published them elsewhere. By all existing evidence, the exploded planet hypothesis has proved far more useful than the half-dozen or so hypotheses it would replace. Five-act structure was used in only a half-dozen operas between 1640 and 1644, but was revived at the end of the century. The standards of employment practice among the half-dozen employers were generally high, though not necessarily uniform across the whole of their work forces. About another half-dozen of the seventeen chapters in this book have also been published elsewhere, sometimes in an expanded form. Then it would be wound up and the proceeds, unfortunately not enough to make a hard court, would be distributed among the half-dozen members. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I visited that exhibition and found a screen containing some half-dozen placards devoted to the timber industry. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 No one man and no half-dozen men could hope to control such a large tonnage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Some half-dozen sites 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 the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I find it difficult to believe that perhaps another half-dozen of those on this list do. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If he is so satisfied, will he ask the first half-dozen farmers 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 the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have dealt with some half-dozen of the many points that have emerged from our own consultation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That has been the process over the past half-dozen years. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Specialist facilities are available in some half-dozen units, all but one of which are attached to special schools. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of half-dozen 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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