billion

数词 num.
中文释义
美 /ˈbɪ(l)jən/

英文释义

数词 num.
  1. Either of two large amounts:; a thousand million (logic: 1,000 × 1,000²): 1 followed by nine zeros, 10⁹. US
    — At the last assessment it [the national debt] amounts to seven billion pounds (£7,000,000,000).
  2. Either of two large amounts:; A million (times a) million (logic: 1,000,000²): a 1 followed by twelve zeros (10¹²); a thousand milliard. dated
    — n = 1,000,000,000,000, that is, = a billion, or the square of a million
  3. An unspecified very large number. colloquial,excessive
    — Near-synonyms: gazillion; see also Thesaurus:zillion

词形变化

billions plural

词汇关系

衍生词
Barbillion billionaire billion-dollar grass billion-dollar question billion laughs Boring Billion centibillion golden billion megabillion multi-billion multibillion multibillions
相关词
trillion coined at same time zillion coined after the series million quadrillion gazillion same origin -illion
并列词
thousand million milliard thousand million trillion quadrillion quintillion sextillion

词源

From French billion, equivalent to bi- (“two”) + -illion.
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