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单词 eleventy
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Definition of eleventy in English:

eleventy

cardinal numberɪˈlɛv(ə)ntiəˈlɛvən(t)i
informal
  • A large but unspecified number or quantity (often used in combination with another large number)

    an eleventy billion dollar contract
    there were about eleventy other things I would've liked to order
    he's eleventy feet tall
    Example sentencesExamples
    • "All the experts" agree that I should be paid eleventy bajillion dollars.
    • They do have about eleventy billion casinos in the UK, but those are on a much, much smaller scale.
    • Janitors don't make eleventy million dollars to make pretend for a living and be loved by half the world.
    • I shall round up the kids and fight against the harsh wintery gale sending sleet and icicles down our backs as we trudge eleventy hundred miles home again.
    • At least eleventy billion people told me they personally saw him take money from coaches.
    • People usually want obvious inclusions everyone has read about eleventy billion times.
    • All these vicious practices are clearly costing the TV industry eleventy squillion dollars per minute and should be outlawed at once!
    • They have tried about a dozen times to list some accomplishments she had, but all they can come up with is she traveled eleventy gazallion miles.
    • They'll just figure out how to mass produce the protein, patent it, give it an inscrutable name and sell it for eleventy billion dollars a bottle.
    • He just pulled in eleventy zillion bucks from enthusiasts for his blog.
    • If you have been following the Vikings for the past few decades, I shouldn't need to tell you that Minnesota has fallen prey to the big screen pass roughly eleventy kajillion times.
    • He'd have to give up training eleventy hundred hours a week.
    • That's not including any of the eleventy consoles I've owned over the years.
    Synonyms
    numerous, a good deal of, a great deal of, a lot of, a great number of, a large number of, great quantities of, plenty of, countless, innumerable, scores of, crowds of, droves of, an army of, a horde of, a multitude of, a multiplicity of, multitudinous, numberless, multiple, untold

Origin

Mid 19th century: from eleven + -ty, popularized by the British author J. R. R. Tolkien with the meaning ‘one hundred and ten’.

Definition of eleventy in US English:

eleventy

cardinal numberəˈlɛvən(t)iəˈlevən(t)ē
informal
  • A large but unspecified number or quantity (often used in combination with another large number)

    an eleventy billion dollar contract
    there were about eleventy other things I would've liked to order
    he's eleventy feet tall
    Example sentencesExamples
    • "All the experts" agree that I should be paid eleventy bajillion dollars.
    • People usually want obvious inclusions everyone has read about eleventy billion times.
    • They'll just figure out how to mass produce the protein, patent it, give it an inscrutable name and sell it for eleventy billion dollars a bottle.
    • All these vicious practices are clearly costing the TV industry eleventy squillion dollars per minute and should be outlawed at once!
    • At least eleventy billion people told me they personally saw him take money from coaches.
    • Janitors don't make eleventy million dollars to make pretend for a living and be loved by half the world.
    • They have tried about a dozen times to list some accomplishments she had, but all they can come up with is she traveled eleventy gazallion miles.
    • That's not including any of the eleventy consoles I've owned over the years.
    • He'd have to give up training eleventy hundred hours a week.
    • I shall round up the kids and fight against the harsh wintery gale sending sleet and icicles down our backs as we trudge eleventy hundred miles home again.
    • He just pulled in eleventy zillion bucks from enthusiasts for his blog.
    • They do have about eleventy billion casinos in the UK, but those are on a much, much smaller scale.
    • If you have been following the Vikings for the past few decades, I shouldn't need to tell you that Minnesota has fallen prey to the big screen pass roughly eleventy kajillion times.
    Synonyms
    numerous, a good deal of, a great deal of, a lot of, a great number of, a large number of, great quantities of, plenty of, countless, innumerable, scores of, crowds of, droves of, an army of, a horde of, a multitude of, a multiplicity of, multitudinous, numberless, multiple, untold

Origin

Mid 19th century: from eleven + -ty, popularized by the British author J. R. R. Tolkien with the meaning ‘one hundred and ten’.

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