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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionarymil·lion \ˈmi(l)-yən\ noun (plural millions or million) ETYMOLOGY Middle English milioun, from Middle French milion,from Old Italian milione, augmentative of mille thousand, from Latin DATE 14th century1. — see number table2. a very large number millions of cars on the road3. the mass of common people someone who writes for the millions — Bergen Evans• million adjective• mil·lion·fold \-ˌfōld\ adverb or adjective• mil·lionth \ˈmi(l)-yən(t)th\ adjective or nounEnglish Etymologymillion mid-14c., from O.Frhttp://O.Fr. million (late 13c.), from It. millione (now milione), lit. "a great thousand," augmentative of mille "thousand," from L. mille. Used mainly by mathematicians until 16c. India, with its love of large numbers, had names before 3c. for numbers well beyond a billion. The ancient Greeks had no name for a number greater than ten thousand, the Romans for none higher than a hundred thousand. "A million" in Latin would have been decies centena milia, lit. "ten hundred thousand." Million to one as a type of "long odds" is attested from 1761.Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7☞ millionmil·lion / 5miljEn / number(plural verb 复数动词) 1. (abbr. m) 1 000 000 一百万: a population of half a million 五十万人口 tens of millions of dollars 数千万元 It must be worth a million (= pounds, dollars, etc.) 它一定值一百万。 HELP You say a, one, two, several, etc. million without a final 's' on 'million'. Millions (of ...) can be used if there is no number or quantity before it. Always use a plural verb with million ormillions, except when an amount of money is mentioned: Four million (people) were affected. Two million (pounds) was withdrawn from the account. 说 a, one, two, several, etc. million 时,million 后面不加 s。若前面没有数目或数量,可用 millions (of ...)。million 和 millions 均用复数动词,指明金额除外: Four million (people) were affected. Two million (pounds) was withdrawn from the account.2. a million or millions (of ...) (informal) a very large amount 大量: I still have a million things to do. 我还有很多很多的事情要做。 There were millions of people there. 那里人山人海。 He made his millions (= all his money) on currency deals. 他的万贯家财都是通过外汇交易得到的。 HELP 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。 IDIOMS ▪ look / feel like a million 'dollars / 'bucks (informal) to look / feel extremely good 看上去/感觉好极了▪ one, etc. in a 'million a person or thing that is very unusual or special 万里挑一的人(或物)；不同寻常的人(或物): He's a man in a million. 他是个出类拔萃的人物。 Webster's Third New International Dictionary, UnabridgedSearch result show the entry is found in: million fishmil·lionI. \ˈmilyən, ˈmiy-\ noun(plural millions or million)Etymology: Middle English millioun, milioun, from Middle French milion, from Old Italian milione, aug. of mille thousand, from Latin — more at mile1. : 1000 thousand : 100,000 times 10 — see number table2. a. : one million units or objects < a total of a million > b. : a group or set of a million3. : the numerable quantity symbolized by the arabic numerals 1,000,0004. : a very large or indefinitely great number < millions of mosquitoes poured into the tent >5. : the mass of common peopleII. adjective1. : being one million in number < a million years >2. : being very great in number < a million questions >— usually preceded by a or a numeral (as one, four)

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