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billion 音标拼音: [b'ɪljən] num. 万亿; 10亿 万亿; 10亿 billion( 美国 )十亿 billion十亿 billion adj 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 n 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 [ synonym: { billion}, { one million million}, { 1000000000000}] 2: a very large indefinite number ( usually hyperbole); " there were millions of flies" [ synonym: { million}, { billion}, { trillion}, { zillion}, { jillion}, { gazillion}] 3: the number that is represented as a one followed by 9 zeros [ synonym: { billion}, { one thousand million}, { 1000000000}] Milliard \ Mil` liard"\ ( F. m[- e] l` y[. a] r"; E. m[ i^] l" l[ i^]*[ aum] rd), n. [ F., from mille, mil, thousand, L. mille.] A thousand millions; -- usually called { billion} in the United States. See { Billion}. [ 1913 Webster]
Billion \ Bil" lion\, n. [ F. billion, arbitrarily formed fr. L. bis twice, in imitation of million a million. See { Million}.] According to the French and American method of numeration, a thousand millions, or 1, 000, 000, 000; according to the English method, a million millions, or 1, 000, 000, 000, 000. See { Numeration}. [ 1913 Webster] 19 Moby Thesaurus words for " billion": a billion, a crore, a lakh, a million, a myriad, a nonillion, a quadrillion, a thousand, a zillion, astronomical number, googol, googolplex, infinitude, infinity, jillion, large number, milliard, trillion, zillion
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