half-dozen

I started some half-dozen snipe.

我惊起了五六只山鹬.

Only about half a dozen people turned up.

只有六七个人到场。

A half-dozen camels that his family owns loped in formation, tied together, near the dry hills.

他家养的六只骆驼绑在一起，保持着队形，在干旱的山峦附近阔步前行。

He lives with his family in one of a half-dozen white yurts by a road leading to the Koktokay nature park, a Yosemite-like valley with towering granite peaks through which the Irtysh River flows to the Arctic Ocean.

他和家人住在通向可可托海国家地质公园的公路旁的一座白色毡帐里，周围还有五座这样的毡帐。可可托海国家地质公园是一个类似约塞米蒂谷的地方，有高耸的花岗岩山峰，额尔齐斯河经由这里流入北冰洋。

Some half dozen men, standing on the corner, flung taunts and jeers after the speeding car.

站在拐角处的五六个人, 冲着疾驶而过的电车,发出一阵辱骂和嘲笑声.

A half-dozen phones in the operations center went into use immediately.

顷刻之间,指挥中心的六、七台电话同时投入了工作.

The menu sprawls across a half-dozen categories, including raw, roast meat and vegetables.

菜单分为六大类，包括生食、烤肉和蔬菜等。

And to make certain they were seeing what they thought they were seeing, the NASA scientists sought the experience of a half-dozen geological experts who had nothing to do with the space project.

为了证实他们是所见即所得，NASA科学家们向六位没有接触该项空间工程的地质专家讨教经验。

A group of half a dozen men entered the pub and bore down on the bar

一伙六个人走进酒吧，冲向吧台。

He saw men carrying something out to it when he was yet a half-dozen blocks away.

他还在五六条横马路之外,就看见这里有人在往轨道上搬着什么东西.

Among the half-dozen or so stops are Poil â ne Bakery, which has been churning out the same large wheels of tangy sourdough from its basement wood-burning oven for 83 years;

美食游有六七个停靠点，包括普瓦拉纳面包房（Poilâne Bakery），这里地下室碳烧炉做出的味道浓烈的大酸面团与83年前并无二致；

Beyond the traders, a half-dozen financial supervisors worked.

交易员的那一头, 有五、六名金融督察在办公.

He piled on a half-dozen jackets and several pairs of bearskin mittens.

他里三层,外三层,一共穿了六件夹克,还戴上几副熊皮连指手套.

The police have pulled in a half dozen people who they suspect.

警方已逮捕六个他们怀疑的人.

This he purchased, together with a half-dozen ties, and went to the Palmer House.

他买来衬衫, 还买了半打领带, 然后去帕尔默旅馆.

In half a dozen words, he had explained the bond that linked them

他用了六七个字就解释清楚了他们之间的关系。

He tripped himself up a half-dozen times.

他讲漏了嘴六七次.

About 10 years ago, I began to investigate what happened after the early Thatcherite zeal took effect. I was sceptical when I began my inquiries, but I was prepared to be convinced that privatisation in these half-dozen cases had been a success.

大约10年前，我开始着手调研撒切尔早期努力的成果，何时开始调查令我有些犹豫，我本以为有六个行业的私有化已经取得成功。但事实并非如此。

A group of half a dozen men entered the pub and bore down on the bar.

一伙六个人走进酒吧，冲向吧台。

In half a dozen words, he had explained the bond that linked them.

他用了六七个字就解释清楚了他们之间的关系。

A woman about my age and a half-dozen preteen girls stepped out of the van, and walked to the lobby in a way that suggested a long and tiring ride.

一名与我年龄相仿的女子和六个十几岁的女孩从厢车上走了下来，然后拖着长时间乘车后疲惫的步伐走进了旅馆大厅。

A half-dozen cars were there, manned by instructors, each with a pupil at the lever.

这里有六辆电车, 由教练员驾驶, 每辆车的操纵杆旁边都有一名学徒.

Yes, your half-dozen closest friends can read your vacation updates.

不错, 你那几个最好的朋友可以阅读你的度假情况.

At first glance, the half-dozen cars could pass for a wedding procession.

乍眼看, 这六辆小车可称得上一列婚典队伍了.

In a paper published in The Astronomical Journal, Dr. Brown and Dr. Batygin lay out a detailed circumstantial argument for the planet's existence in what astronomers have observed-a half-dozen small bodies in distant elliptical orbits.

布朗和巴蒂金在《天文学杂志》（The Astronomical Journal）上联合发表了一篇论文，提出详细的旁证，认为天文学家们观测到的现象——在遥远的椭圆轨道上运行的六个小天体——证明了这颗行星的存在。

And a common artificial respirator of gold reserves among perhaps half-dozen leading countries is the raised rediscount rate.

在发达国家中，为了保住黄金储备，约有六个国家采取了提高再贴现率的人为措施。

More contests in a half-dozen states are slated in the coming week.

在随后的几周更多的竞选大战将在六个州开展.

These eggs are 40 p a half dozen.

这种蛋四十便士买半打.

And the half dozen canoes beached like bright fish along the grassy shore of the lake.

还有五、六只独木舟停泊在碧绿的湖边,象一尾尾闪闪发光的鱼.

Some 60,000 novels were published during the Victorian age, from 1837 to 1901 ； today a casual reader might be able to name a half-dozen of them ．

在维多利亚时代,1837年到1901年间大约有60000本小说出版，现在的一个普通读者可能能说出其中的六本。