million
/ˈmɪljən/cardinal number
(pl. millions或［与数字或量词连用时］复同单) (a/one million)
1- the number equivalent to the product of a thousand and a thousand; 1,000,000 or 106一百万; 一百万个：
a million people will benefit
100万人将受益
a population of half a million
50万人口
a cost of more than £20 million.
2,000多万英镑的成本。
1.1
millions
the numbers from a million to a billion（表示100万到10亿之间的数目）上百万, 数百万。
1.2
millions
several million things or people数百万之物; 数百万之众：millions of TV viewers.
几百万的电视观众。
1.3
- informal an unspecified but very large number or amount of something〈非正式〉许多, 无数：
I've got millions of beer bottles in my cellar
我的地窖里有无数的啤酒瓶
you're one in a million.
你是无与伦比的。
1.4
the millions
the bulk of the population大众, 群众：Movies for the millions.
为大众制作的电影。
1.5
- a million pounds or dollars百万英镑（或美元）：
the author is set to make millions.
这个作者将会赚到几百万元。
短语
gone a million
- Austral. informal (of a person) completely defeated or finished〈澳, 非正式〉（人）完蛋; 垮掉。
look （或feel）(like) a million dollars
- informal (of a person) look or feel extremely good〈非正式〉（人）看上去非常好的; 感觉非常好的。
派生词
millionfold
adjective & adverbmillionth
ordinal number词源
late Middle English: from Old French, probably from Italian milione, from mille 'thousand' + the augmentative suffix -one.