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語源

See -illion. An arbitrary coinage, appearing by 1916, on analogy of million, billion, trillion.

発音

• enPR: zĭl'yən, IPA: /ˈzɪljən/
• 韻: -ɪljən

名詞

zillion (plural zillions)

1. (slang, hyperbolic) An unspecified large number (of).

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:zillion

   • 1995, Sega Multimedia Studio, Wild Woody, Sega, scene: ending:

     Low Man: 'Thanks again, Woody. I'll see you next time the world needs saving.' / Woody: 'Pfft, yeah. Only if we sell a zillion units!'

   • 2008 December 6, “Brain tests show child wealth gap”, in BBC News:

     "We are certainly not blaming lower socioeconomic families for not talking to their kids - there are probably a zillion reasons why that happens."

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• Indefinite and fictitious numbers on Wikipedia.Wikipedia