quadrillion(n.)
1670年代,源自法语 quadrillion(16世纪),源自 quadri- “四”(源自 PIE 词根 *kwetwer- “四”)+ (m)illion。与 billion 相比,在英国,它是一百万的四次方(后面跟着24个零); 在美国,它是一千的五次方(后面跟着15个零)。
Thomas Hope, first of the family to possess the Deepdene, was the author of "Anastasius," a book of the same class as Beckford's "Vathek." In each case a millionaire (we shall soon have billionaires, trillionaires, quadrillionaires) fettered, imprisoned, by abject opulence, strove to reveal himself to the world through a romance. [Mortimer Collins, "A Walk Through Surrey," Temple Bar, August 1866]
第一位拥有迪普德恩的霍普家族的托马斯·霍普是《阿纳斯塔修斯》的作者,这本书与贝克福德的《瓦特克》属于同一类别。在每种情况下,一个百万富翁(我们很快就会有亿万富翁、万亿富翁、千万亿富翁)被卑鄙的财富所束缚、监禁,努力通过一部浪漫小说向世界展示自己。[莫蒂默·柯林斯,《穿越萨里的步行》,《天普酒吧》1866年8月]
该词起源时间:1670年代