| 单词 | million |
| 释义 | million (once / 29 pages) nadj A million is 1,000,000. It's a large number made of a thousand thousands. If you have a million dollars, you’re a millionaire! The word million comes from the Italian milione, which literally means "a great thousand.” It’s great to have a thousand, but it’s awesome to have a million! A million is a big number but not so big that you don't see it used frequently. In fact, being a millionaire isn’t even a big deal anymore. An online video might be watched by a million viewers, and there are millions of people in big cities like New York City and Chicago. WORD FAMILYmillion: millions, millionth+/millionth: millionths USAGE EXAMPLESShould they use the franchise tag again, paying him $24 million for one year? Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) Only about a quarter of the city is back under government control, and the presence of more than 1 million civilians is complicating the effort. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) FDR’s confidence deserted him as the economy lost a breathtaking four million jobs, leaving Roosevelt’s team to bemoan the “depression within a depression.” Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) 1n the number that is represented as a one followed by 6 zeros Syn|Hyper 1000000, meg, one thousand thousand large integer an integer equal to or greater than ten 2n a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole) there were millions of flies Syn|Hyper billion, gazillion, jillion, trillion, zillion large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude 3adj (in Roman numerals, M written with a macron over it) denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000,000 items or units Syn cardinal being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order |
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