trillion

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n. 大量 [经] 兆

发音

US /ˈtɹɪljən/
AU /ˈtɹɪ(l)jən/

词形变化

trillions 复数 trillions

别名

tln tril

教材释义与例句

名词

万亿

数词

万亿

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A statistic formed by a player playing some number of minutes, but recording no stats.

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  1. 1.

    Either of two large amounts:

    A million (times a) million: 1 followed by twelve zeros, 10¹².

    澳大利亚 美国
  2. 2.

    Either of two large amounts:

    A million (times a) million (times a) million: 1 followed by eighteen zeros, 10¹⁸.

    澳大利亚 过时
  3. 3.

    An unspecified very large number.

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    Near-synonyms: gazillion; see also Thesaurus:zillion

    There were trillions of people at the concert.

词汇关系

词源

Borrowed from French trillion, from French tri- (“three”) + -illion, equivalent to tri- + -illion. The noun was coined by American basketball player Harvey Pollack, because of the way the numbers read across a basketball box score.

来源:wiktionary