释义 |
chil·i·ad \ˈkilēˌad\ noun (-s) Etymology: Late Latin chiliad-, chilias, from Greek chilias, from chilioi thousand; akin to Sanskrit sahasra thousand, and perhaps Latin mille — more at mile 1. : a group of 1000 < a chiliad of errors > < chiliads of years > 2. : a period of 1000 years : millennium |