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词汇 jillion
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Definition of jillion in English:

jillion

cardinal number ˈdʒɪljənˈdʒɪljən
North American informal
  • An extremely large number.

    〈非正式,主北美〉极大数目,许许多多

    they ran jillions of ads

    他们刊登了无数的广告。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • You mean, Britney isn't really worth a jillion dollars?
    • Why is he telling us that his jillions of readers have a question?
    • But here's the flipside: jillions of relationships do morph from platonic to romantic every day.
    • It was very successful and we had jillions of people out there.
    • Her decision to leave semi-permanent residence in Japan was an emotional, sentimental time for Joan and her jillions of friends and fans here.
    • All the fish have mommies and daddies and grandmas and grandpas all the way back for a jillion years.
    • Then maybe I'll make a jillion copies of my fake parking ticket thingies at Office Max and give them away to you people.
    • There will be workmen to supervise, a jillion wine glasses and bits of china to organize and store, etc.
    • A jillion dollar Nikon or Canon still knows nothing about good light.
    • Even with jillions of Shrek 2 DVD's selling, they'll still be smarting from the thud-in-waiting of Father of the Pride and the wiffle-to-be Shark Tale.
    • When you compare it to previous wars, the Second World War, the Vietnam War, a jillion other wars, civilian casualties were very low.
    • You remember when MTV was new and they played ‘Video Killed The Radio Star’ about a jillion times.
    • I really think - and I've told you a jillion times - the women called the last election and the one before that.
    • God also gave them a jillion extra gigabytes in their gray-matter computers; for them, thought becomes action before they think to act.
    • Hanks plays the part of Chuck Noland, a troubleshooting exec with FedEx, obsessed with all those jillions of packages being delivered at the time promised.
    • Josh recently sold his first screenplay for a jillion dollars.
    • There's a jillion of them out there, the most well-known of which is John Frieda's.
    • In fact, you shy people, there are jillions of people out there to help you, if you just (first step!) find the guts to ask.
    • Here on the Front Range, we get jillions of the little guys every spring.
    • I will be staying with my family and I have jillions of relatives including many young nieces and nephews.

Origin

1940s: fanciful formation on the pattern of billion and million.

Rhymes

billion, million, bajillion, modillion, multibillion, multimillion, pillion, septillion, sextillion, squillion, trillion, zillion

Definition of jillion in US English:

jillion

cardinal numberˈjilyənˈdʒɪljən
North American informal
  • An extremely large number.

    〈非正式,主北美〉极大数目,许许多多

    they ran jillions of ads

    他们刊登了无数的广告。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • You mean, Britney isn't really worth a jillion dollars?
    • There will be workmen to supervise, a jillion wine glasses and bits of china to organize and store, etc.
    • All the fish have mommies and daddies and grandmas and grandpas all the way back for a jillion years.
    • There's a jillion of them out there, the most well-known of which is John Frieda's.
    • Hanks plays the part of Chuck Noland, a troubleshooting exec with FedEx, obsessed with all those jillions of packages being delivered at the time promised.
    • I really think - and I've told you a jillion times - the women called the last election and the one before that.
    • Even with jillions of Shrek 2 DVD's selling, they'll still be smarting from the thud-in-waiting of Father of the Pride and the wiffle-to-be Shark Tale.
    • I will be staying with my family and I have jillions of relatives including many young nieces and nephews.
    • When you compare it to previous wars, the Second World War, the Vietnam War, a jillion other wars, civilian casualties were very low.
    • Josh recently sold his first screenplay for a jillion dollars.
    • But here's the flipside: jillions of relationships do morph from platonic to romantic every day.
    • Her decision to leave semi-permanent residence in Japan was an emotional, sentimental time for Joan and her jillions of friends and fans here.
    • Why is he telling us that his jillions of readers have a question?
    • You remember when MTV was new and they played ‘Video Killed The Radio Star’ about a jillion times.
    • Here on the Front Range, we get jillions of the little guys every spring.
    • A jillion dollar Nikon or Canon still knows nothing about good light.
    • God also gave them a jillion extra gigabytes in their gray-matter computers; for them, thought becomes action before they think to act.
    • In fact, you shy people, there are jillions of people out there to help you, if you just (first step!) find the guts to ask.
    • It was very successful and we had jillions of people out there.
    • Then maybe I'll make a jillion copies of my fake parking ticket thingies at Office Max and give them away to you people.

Origin

1940s: fanciful formation on the pattern of billion and million.

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