单词 | billion |
释义 | billion (bɪljən ) Word forms: billions language note: The plural form is billion after a number, or after a word or expression referring to a number, such as 'several' or 'a few'. 1. number B2 A billion is a thousand million. ...3 billion dollars. This year, almost a billion birds will be processed in the region. 2. quantifier B2 If you talk about billions of people or things, you mean that there is a very large number of them but you do not know or do not want to say exactly how many. Biological systems have been doing this for billions of years. [+ of] He urged U.S. executives to invest billions of dollars in his country. [+ of] You can also use billions as a pronoun. He thought that it must be worth billions. Translations: Chinese: 十亿 Japanese: 10億 |
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