knees

4. dozen

讲：n. 十二; (一)打

例: Give me a dozen, please. 请给我来一打。Only about half a dozen turned up. 只有六七个人到了。

He bought three dozen red roses for her on Valentine's Day. 在情人节他给她买了三打红玫瑰。

链接·提示

(1)dozen作"十二"讲, 其前有数词或a, few, several, many等词修饰时, 用单数形式; 若后面接代词时, dozen后of不能省略。a, few, several, many修饰dozen其后of可有可无。类似单词还有score, handred, thousand, million。

(2)dozens of许多; scores of许多。

Apples are usually sold by _______ weight, and eggs are sometimes sold by_______ dozen.

A. the; the B. /; a C. /; the D. the; a

短语

1. offer up

讲：该词组的义项有:奉献; 祭献(给上帝)。

例: Antonio, get ready and offer up your breast. 安东尼奥, 准备好, 献上你的胸脯吧！

She offered up a prayer to God for her husband's safe return. 她向上帝祷告, 保佑他丈夫平安回来

链接·拓展

(1)offer sb. sth. =offer sth. to sb. 给某人提供某物 He __________________. 他主动让座给我。

(2)offer to do sth. 主动干某事

The boys ____________________________. 孩子们要帮助那位老妇人。

(3)offer some money for sth. 出价多少买某物

　　We offered ________________________________. 我们出价1000美元买这台微机。

　　(4)offer sth. for some money出价多少卖某物

I offered him _________________________________. 我以三万的价格卖给他这所房子。