billion
number
ˈbɪljən
number
1
the
number
1,000,000,000
十亿
The
final
cost
could
be
as
much
as
one
billion
dollars.
最后的费用可能高达十亿美元。
two/three/four
etc
billion
3.5
billion
years
ago
35 亿年前
Overseas
debt
is
a
staggering
£16
billion.
外债数字惊人，高达 160 亿英镑。
billions
of
pounds/dollars
etc
Airlines
have
lost
billions
of
dollars.
航空公司损失了几十亿美元。
2
an
extremely
large
number
of
things
or
people
数以十亿计，大量
a
billion
A
billion
stars
shone
in
the
night
sky.
夜空中繁星闪烁。
billions
of
sth
There
are
billions
of
things
I
want
to
say.
我有很多很多的话要说。
3
the
number
1,000,000,000,000
一万亿
BrE old use