billion

['biljən]

n.十亿

例句与用法：

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。

As a rule of thumb, a one-cent-a-gallon gasoline tax raises$1 billion. Oil producers in President-elect Bush's adopted state of Texas, however, would rather see a tax on imported crude oil.

一般情形是，每加仑加汽油一分钱的税可以征收10亿元。可是，在布什第二家乡德克萨斯州的产油商宁愿看见在进口原油上征税。

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。

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。

详细释义：

n.

1. (美国、法国)十亿

2. (英国、德国)万亿

3. 大量, 无数[P][(+of)]

He claimed to have seen billions of butterflies.

他号称见过无数只蝴蝶。

Billions of stars twinkled in the sky.

无数星星在天空闪烁。