short dozen

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Ten.
    — Ten women are considered by Mr. Rogers, of various nationalities and from various social strata […]. Inez Montez, Irish by birth but Spanish by choice and adding for years to the color of the California Gold Coast, makes up the tenth of this short dozen of Gallant Ladies.
  2. Eleven.
    — Our short dozen of Aristophanic dramas may be taken to represent the fittest among the hundreds of other comedies which have perished.

词形变化

short dozens plural

词源

For the sense "ten", compare the relationship of one "short hundred" (100) to one "long hundred" (120).
For the sense "eleven", contrast a "long dozen" (13).
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