Million

(noun.) the number that is represented as a one followed by 6 zeros.

(noun.) a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole); 'there were millions of flies'.

(adj.) (in Roman numerals, M written with a macron over it) denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000,000 items or units .

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• Upward of three thousand such machines were then at work throughout the world; and one hundred and fifty million pairs of boots were then being made annually thereon. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• There was a jaded aspect on the business lanes and courts, and the very pavements had a weary appearance, confused by the tread of a million of feet. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• In 1793 the total export of cotton from the United States was less than ten thousand bales, but by 1860 the export was four million bales. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• Moreove r, they worked simple equations involving one unknown, and had a hieroglyph for a million (the drawing of a man overcome with wonder), and another for ten million. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• To-day the friction match is turned out by automatic machinery by the million, and constitutes probably the most ubiquitous and useful of all the minor inventions. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• Over one-half million miles of these railway tracks are on the earth's surface to-day! 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• It is stated that the present output of the American factory of the Singer Company amounts to over 11,000 weekly, or more than half a million annually. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• He is worth a Million of you. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Fifty-five Million Pairs of Boots and Shoes then Annually Pegged. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• In 1847 the subject was again taken up for serious consideration, the work begun in 1860, and finished in 1869, at a cost of ￡20,500,000, or more than a hundred million dollars. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• You must think one five hundred million times more above me than the other. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• There is (according to Soddy) about on e part of radium in five million parts of the best pitchblende, but the new element is about one million times more radio active than uranium. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• A million veteran fighting-men from Helium's thin waterways man the battleships, the transports, and the convoys, he replied. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• In fact, over two million dollars were spent in the attempt. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• One million, therefore, will be sufficient to circulate it after them. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• But, suppose we should rise up tomorrow and emancipate, who would educate these millions, and teach them how to use their freedom? 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• In 1854 there were 111 millions of passengers conveyed on railways, each passenger travelling an average of 12 miles. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• Hundreds of cities and millions of dollars have been thus saved from destruction. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• By touching something deeply instinctive in millions of people, Judge Lindsey animated dull proposals with human interest. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• Scores of millions were suffering and enfeebled by under-nourishment and misery. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Britain, at the expense of three millions, has killed one hundred and fifty Yankees this campaign, which is 20,000_l. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• Of this edition, up to the present period (1858), the astonishing number of TWELVE MILLIONS OF SHEETS have been issued, the weight of which amounts to upwards of 335 tons! 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• Millions of people are employed in its production and manufacture. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• By means of this system, there is annually levied in Great Britain, upon less than eight millions of people, more than ten millions of revenue. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Medals and diplomas, the Cross of the Legion of Honour, and millions of money became his. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• The reality that is worthy of attention is a change in the very texture and quality of millions of lives--a change that will be vividly perceptible only in the retrospect of history. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• The result has been the saving of vast amounts of maritime property, estimated at many millions of dollars yearly. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Hence I am contented, and say it is better with me than with millions. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• It is in this little place that there was developed the remarkable mixture which is to play so vital a part in the successful construction of these everlasting homes for living millions. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Millions are condemned to a stiller doom than mine, and millions are in silent revolt against their lot. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.

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