trillion

英 ['trɪljən] 美 ['trɪljən]

• n. 大量；兆；万亿
• adj. 兆的

英英释义

Noun:

1. a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole);

   "there were millions of flies"
   

2. the number that is represented as a one followed by 18 zeros;

   "in England they call a quintillion a trillion"
   

3. the number that is represented as a one followed by 12 zeros;

   "in England they call a trillion a billion"
   

Adjective:

1. one quintillion in Great Britain

2. one million million in the United States

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The government spends a trillion on education annually.
   政府每年花一兆在教育上。
2. Barack Obama's first move as president was to borrow another trillion dollars to fund his stimulus package .
   奥巴马作为美国总统的第一个行动就是借万亿美金推进他的刺激经济计划。

经典引文

• About two trillion dollars' worth of insurance.

  出自：New Yorker

词汇搭配

• parts per trillion 兆分之
• part per trillion 兆分之一

近反义词

【近义词】

• tons [口]极其
• masses 平民
• lots 许多
• heaps <口>很
• ocean 海洋
• 1000000000000 一万亿
• jillion <俚> 大量
• billion 十亿
• million 百万
• zillion 无限大的数目...
• gazillion 极大量