billion

英 ['bɪljən] 美 ['bɪljən]

• n. 十亿

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C]one thousand million; 1,000,000,000; 109十亿

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 十亿
2. 万亿，一万亿
3. 千兆
4. 无数，大量
5. 兆兆
6. 数以十亿计
7. 巨数

adj. 形容词

1. 十亿的
2. 万亿的
3. 无数的

英英释义

Noun:

1. the number that is represented as a one followed by 12 zeros; in the United Kingdom the usage followed in the United States is frequently seen

2. a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole);

   "there were millions of flies"
   

3. the number that is represented as a one followed by 9 zeros

Adjective:

1. denoting a quantity consisting of one thousand million items or units in the United States

2. denoting a quantity consisting of one million million items or units in Great Britain

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. It took them more than one billion dollars to complete the project.
   完成这个工程花费了他们十亿多美元。
2. Some computers can perform over a billion computation a second.
   有些计算机一秒钟能完成超过十亿次运算。
3. The human brain contains several billion nerve cells, which are connected with one another by fine nerves.
   人类的大脑含有几十亿个神经细胞，这些细胞由纤细的神经将彼此连接起来。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. The bank has assets of more than ￡1 billion.
   该银行有10亿多英镑的资产。
2. 1.5 billion cubic meters of earth were/was moved.
   共搬运土壤15亿立方米。
3. He made two billion dollars from trading.
   他做买卖赚了20个亿。
4. The state invested three billion.
   政府投资了30个亿。
5. We want several billion(s).
   我们需要几十个亿。
6. This area is an expanse of stones burnt black from billions of years of exposure to the scorching sun.
   这个地区是一望无垠的石头,几十亿年来暴晒在烈日之下,都晒黑了。
7. There are billions of stars in the sky.
   天上有无数的星星。

词汇搭配

• parts per billion 十亿分之几,10 亿...
• arbitrage in billion 套购金银
• part per billion 十亿分之 ......
• billion becquerel 十亿贝克勒尔...

词语用法

n. (名词)

1. billion在美国、法国指十亿，在英国、德国指万亿。
2. billion用作名词的定语时复数形式仍为billion；与具体数字连用时复数形式为billion，其后不接of；与several, many等数目不很具体的词连用时复数形式可为billion(其后的of可以省略)，也可为billions(其后的of不能省略)；表示泛指数时(其后接of短语)复数形式是billions；表示“以数十亿计”“大批大批地”可说by billions，也可说by the billion(s)。
3. 受美式英语和国际科技文献的影响，越来越多的英国人也把billion用作十亿。

词源解说

• ☆ 17世纪80年代进入英语，直接源自法语的billion。

近反义词

【近义词】

• 1000000000000 一万亿
• jillion <俚> 大量
• 1000000000 十亿
• trillion 大量
• million 百万
• zillion 无限大的数目...
• gazillion 极大量