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单词 gazillion
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Definition of gazillion in English:

gazillion

(also kazillion)
cardinal number ɡəˈzɪljənɡəˈzɪljən
informal
  • A very large number or quantity (used for emphasis)

    gazillions of books
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I know they get kazillions of entries, because the cartoonists I recently tormented with questions said so.
    • Well, in lieu of answering this question a gazillion times individually, let me try to answer it here…
    • This gives us a toy model of a deterministic Democritean universe, in which kazillions of bits get flipped in sequence, governed by a fixed physics.
    • There are gazillions of different tarot decks, but don't feel lost: it depends on your personal taste.
    • It's home to gazillions of yellow-lipped sea kraits, striped, three-foot nasties with flattened tails and sealable nostrils enabling them to swim underwater every night while they feast on eels.
    • Do we become more tired, more staid, as we get older because our energy is scattered over a gazillion different presents in a gazillion different realities?
    • Since I have gazillions of the old ones, though, I'll have to find a use for them.
    • I know, of course, that there are kazillions of young (and married-young couples) who still adore each other so giddily they couldn't even un-hug long enough to write to me.
    • Why not do some research, screen some little-known or largely forgotten films (honestly, those are often more intriguing than the ones that took home gazillions at the box office) and tell us something we don't already know?
    • Look, if every powerful, semi-obnoxious, egotistical kazillionaire gives much of his kazillions away to charity, the world will be a much better place.
    • We've got money to burn and whole industries have grown up around us because there are just gazillions of dollars up for grabs.
    • She was odd - is odd - especially when compared with the little flowy-white-dresses-and-pretty-flowers pictures of angels, but hey, she's worth gazillions of them!
    • The first thing I would do is to make sure that at least one of the gazillion of phone numbers on our website would reach a real live person.
    • Of the gazillion times I've looked at the Bill of Rights, I've not seen the portion that addresses confidentiality of reading interests.
    • He says he'll let us know how many gazillions these items will cost us after the November elections.
    • There are gazillions of webcams out there, and soon to be millions of cell phones that will support video.
    • Next, force people to repay usurious loans to credit card companies that make gazillions off the fine print.
    • It's a book that gave me nightmares as a kid, and fired the imaginations of thousands, if not gazillions of children and adults alike.
    • There must be a bazillion gazillion of the things.
    • You may be the only one you've heard about in your own community, but there are kazillions of you spread all over this country - and you may be surprised to find out they're just as normal as you are.
    Synonyms
    a large amount, a fair amount, a good deal, a great deal, a deal, a great quantity, quantities, an abundance, a wealth, a profusion, plenty, masses

Derivatives

  • gazillionth

  • ordinal numberɡəˈzɪljənθɡəˈzɪljənθ
    informal
    • Constituting an unspecified but very large number in a sequence (used for emphasis)

      he insisted for the gazillionth time that he's not motivated by money
      Example sentencesExamples
      • After my gazillionth round of Pac-Man, I realize I'm slightly hungry.
      • I was readying the noon meal and had been summoned to her room for what seemed the gazillionth time, when I just lost it.
      • This is the gazillionth remake of the cinema perennial.

Origin

1970s: fanciful formation on the pattern of billion and million.

 
 

Definition of gazillion in US English:

gazillion

(also kazillion)
cardinal numberɡəˈzilyənɡəˈzɪljən
informal
  • A very large number or quantity (used for emphasis)

    I'd like to sell gazillions of books
    Example sentencesExamples
    • She was odd - is odd - especially when compared with the little flowy-white-dresses-and-pretty-flowers pictures of angels, but hey, she's worth gazillions of them!
    • It's home to gazillions of yellow-lipped sea kraits, striped, three-foot nasties with flattened tails and sealable nostrils enabling them to swim underwater every night while they feast on eels.
    • There must be a bazillion gazillion of the things.
    • There are gazillions of different tarot decks, but don't feel lost: it depends on your personal taste.
    • This gives us a toy model of a deterministic Democritean universe, in which kazillions of bits get flipped in sequence, governed by a fixed physics.
    • I know, of course, that there are kazillions of young (and married-young couples) who still adore each other so giddily they couldn't even un-hug long enough to write to me.
    • Look, if every powerful, semi-obnoxious, egotistical kazillionaire gives much of his kazillions away to charity, the world will be a much better place.
    • You may be the only one you've heard about in your own community, but there are kazillions of you spread all over this country - and you may be surprised to find out they're just as normal as you are.
    • Of the gazillion times I've looked at the Bill of Rights, I've not seen the portion that addresses confidentiality of reading interests.
    • Since I have gazillions of the old ones, though, I'll have to find a use for them.
    • Next, force people to repay usurious loans to credit card companies that make gazillions off the fine print.
    • I know they get kazillions of entries, because the cartoonists I recently tormented with questions said so.
    • Do we become more tired, more staid, as we get older because our energy is scattered over a gazillion different presents in a gazillion different realities?
    • He says he'll let us know how many gazillions these items will cost us after the November elections.
    • The first thing I would do is to make sure that at least one of the gazillion of phone numbers on our website would reach a real live person.
    • Well, in lieu of answering this question a gazillion times individually, let me try to answer it here…
    • Why not do some research, screen some little-known or largely forgotten films (honestly, those are often more intriguing than the ones that took home gazillions at the box office) and tell us something we don't already know?
    • There are gazillions of webcams out there, and soon to be millions of cell phones that will support video.
    • It's a book that gave me nightmares as a kid, and fired the imaginations of thousands, if not gazillions of children and adults alike.
    • We've got money to burn and whole industries have grown up around us because there are just gazillions of dollars up for grabs.
    Synonyms
    a large amount, a fair amount, a good deal, a great deal, a deal, a great quantity, quantities, an abundance, a wealth, a profusion, plenty, masses

Origin

1970s: fanciful formation on the pattern of billion and million.

 
 
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