megabucks
英 [ˈmeɡ.ə.bʌks]
美 [ˈmeɡ.ə.bʌks]
megabucks 一大笔钱mega-,百万,兆,buck,一美元。原用于诙谐用语,形容原子弹研究耗钱。
- megabucks (n.)
- 1946, originally "one million dollars," from mega- in the scientific sense + slang buck (n.) "dollar." A jocular coinage of U.S. scientists working on expensive atomic research.
- 1. We're talking megabucks this time.
- 我们这次谈的可是上百万的买卖。
- 2. They're making megabucks. That's what I should be writing about.
- 他们在赚大钱. 那就是我应该报道的.
- 3. They sank megabucks into their new house.
- 他们投资百万美元建造新房.