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A dozen eggs now cost twenty dollars--how expensive!
一打鸡蛋现在要20美元！好贵啊！

Tens of thousands more perished in a dozen countries surrounding the Indian Ocean.

在印度洋周围的数十个国家中有数万人丧生。

Louise always has half a dozen boys dangling about(或after, around)her.

路易丝总有五六个小伙子在追求她。

He's only one of half a dozen committee members, and anyway he's just a windbag!

委员有五六个呢？ 他一个人说什么，只算做放屁！

(A)dozen, score, hundred, thousand, million等表示确切数量时，不用复数。如five dozen of eggs五打鸡蛋, three hundred people五百个人。但score用法略有不同，与数词连用时，也加of。如two score of eggs (40个蛋)。
(B)有时单数形式的dozen, score, hundred, million等前面有数词，后面也有of，此时的of表示的是部分与整体的关系，其后一定是them, us之类的人称代词或者有the, these, your之类的限定词。如I want to buy three dozen of the eggs. (我想买其中的三打蛋)
I bought a dozen eggs, six of which broke when I dropped the box. 我买了一打鸡蛋，六个在我失手掉了盒子时摔碎了。
several dozen(s) of eggs=several dozen eggs 几打鸡蛋
several dozen (of) pencils= several dozens of pencils 几打铅笔
If I called him once I called him half a dozen times. 我至少给他打了6次电话了。