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billion billion ★★★★★/bɪ̱ljən/The plural form is billion after a number, or after a word or expression referring to a number, such as ‘several’ or ‘a few’. 用在数字或 several，a few 等表示数字的词语之后时，其复数形式为 billion。1[NUM	数词]十亿 A billion is a thousand million. ...3 billion dollars...30亿美元This year, almost a billion birds will be processed in the region.今年将会有近10亿只禽类在这个地区加工。2[QUANT-PLURAL	复数数量词]大量；无数 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.   [QUANT of pl-n]Biological systems have been doing this for billions of years...生物系统亿万年来一直都是这样。He urged US executives to invest billions of dollars in his country.他力劝美国公司的高管们向他的国家投资数十亿美元。You can also use billions as a pronoun.He thought that it must be worth billions.他以为那一定价值连城。 billionbil‧lion /ˈbɪljən/ ●●● W2 number (plural billion or billions)  Word Origin Examples word sets Collocations 1the number 1,000,000,000:  The final cost could be as much as one billion dollars.two/three/four etc billion 3.5 billion years ago Overseas debt is a staggering £16 billion.billions of pounds/dollars etc Airlines have lost billions of dollars.2an extremely large number of things or peoplea billion A billion stars shone in the night sky.billions of something There are billions of things I want to say.3 British English old use the number 1,000,000,000,000—billionth adjective—billionth noun [countable]

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Collins	billion ★★★★★ /bɪ̱ljən/ The plural form is billion after a number, or after a word or expression referring to a number, such as ‘several’ or ‘a few’. 用在数字或 several，a few 等表示数字的词语之后时，其复数形式为 billion。 1 [NUM 数词]十亿 A billion is a thousand million. ...3 billion dollars... 30亿美元 This year, almost a billion birds will be processed in the region. 今年将会有近10亿只禽类在这个地区加工。 2 [QUANT-PLURAL 复数数量词]大量；无数 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. [QUANT of pl-n] Biological systems have been doing this for billions of years... 生物系统亿万年来一直都是这样。 He urged US executives to invest billions of dollars in his country. 他力劝美国公司的高管们向他的国家投资数十亿美元。 You can also use billions as a pronoun. He thought that it must be worth billions. 他以为那一定价值连城。
Oxford	bil·lion ★ / ˈbɪljən ; NAmE ˈbɪljən / number ( plural verb 复数动词 ) 1 ★ ( abbr.bn ) 1 000 000 000; one thousand million 十亿 ◆ Worldwide sales reached 2.5 billion. 全球销售额达到了 25 亿。 ◆ half a billion dollars 五亿元 ◆ They have spent billions on the problem (= billions of dollars, etc.). 他们花了几十亿元解决这个问题。 HELP You say a, one, two, several, etc. billionwithout a final ‘s’ on ‘billion’. Billions (of…)can be used if there is no number or quantity before it. Always use a plural verb with billionor billions,except when an amount of money is mentioned. 说 a, one, two, several, etc. billion 时， billion 后面不加 s。若前面没有数目或数量，可用 billions (of...)。除非指金额，billion 和 billions 均用复数动词 ◆ Two billion (people) worldwide are expected to watch the game. 预计全世界将有 20 亿人观看这场比赛。 ◆ Two billion (dollars) was withdrawn from the account. 从该账户提取了 20 亿元。 There are more examples of how to use numbers at the entry for hundred. 更多数词用法示例见 hundred 条。 2 ★ a billion or billions (of…) ( informal) a very large amount 数以十亿计；大量 ◆ Our immune systems are killing billions of germs right now. 我们的免疫系统正在杀死数以十亿计的细菌。 3 ( old-fashioned) ( BrE) 1 000 000 000 000; one million million 一万亿 SYN trillion billion billions bil·lion / ˈbɪljən ; NAmE ˈbɪljən /
LDC	billionbil‧lion /ˈbɪljən/ ●●● W2 number (plural billion or billions) Word Origin Examples word sets Collocations 1the number 1,000,000,000: The final cost could be as much as one billion dollars.two/three/four etc billion 3.5 billion years ago Overseas debt is a staggering £16 billion.billions of pounds/dollars etc Airlines have lost billions of dollars.2an extremely large number of things or peoplea billion A billion stars shone in the night sky.billions of something There are billions of things I want to say.3 British English old use the number 1,000,000,000,000—billionth adjective—billionth noun [countable]
WDF	billion [ˈbɪljən] CET4CET6TEM4考研TOEFL m612 66119 13987 1190 18392 24674 7876 NOUN1358 1094384 Spoken: 194820710 十亿(100%) num.十亿 n.十亿；大量 adj.十亿的 n.(Billion)人名；(法)比利翁

Billion Number ˈbɪljən Plural 十亿 Large Million Thousand

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