单词：billion
n. the number that is represented as a one followed by 9 zeros
s. denoting a quantity consisting of one thousand million items or units in the United States
s. denoting a quantity consisting of one million million items or units in Great Britain
考试类型：[高考/四级/六级/考研/托福]
billion的用法和样例：
例句
- It took them more than one billion dollars to complete the project.完成这个工程花费了他们十亿多美元。
- Some computers can perform over a billion computation a second.有些计算机一秒钟能完成超过十亿次运算。
- The human brain contains several billion nerve cells, which are connected with one another by fine nerves.人类的大脑含有几十亿个神经细胞，这些细胞由纤细的神经将彼此连接起来。
常见句型
- The bank has assets of more than ￡1 billion.该银行有10亿多英镑的资产。
- 1.5 billion cubic meters of earth were/was moved.共搬运土壤15亿立方米。
- He made two billion dollars from trading.他做买卖赚了20个亿。
- The state invested three billion.政府投资了30个亿。
- We want several billion(s).我们需要几十个亿。
- This area is an expanse of stones burnt black from billions of years of exposure to the scorching sun.这个地区是一望无垠的石头,几十亿年来暴晒在烈日之下,都晒黑了。
- There are billions of stars in the sky.天上有无数的星星。
词汇搭配
- parts per billion十亿分之几,10 亿...
- arbitrage in billion套购金银
- part per billion十亿分之 ......
- billion becquerel十亿贝克勒尔...
- 1000000000000一万亿
- jillion <俚> 大量
- 1000000000十亿
- trillion大量
- million百万
- zillion无限大的数目...
- gazillion极大量
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