| 单词 | zikkurat |
| 释义 | zikkurat (once / 79861 pages) n WORD FAMILY zikkurat: zikkurats USAGE EXAMPLES“The two most famous zikkurats of seven stages were those in Babylon and Borsippa, opposite Babylon. Nuttall, Zelia, The Fundamental Principles of Old a...(2010) The outcome of this ideal was the so-called staged tower, known as the zikkurat. Jastrow, Morris, The Religion of Babylonia and Assyr...(2010) The centre of these buildings was the great /zikkurat/, or temple-tower, square on its plan, and with the sides facing the cardinal points. Pinches, Theophilus Goldridge, The Religion of Babylonia and Assyr...(2010) n a rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians Syn|Exp|Hyper ziggurat, zikurat Tower of Babel (Genesis 11:1-11) a tower built by Noah's descendants (probably in Babylon) who intended it to reach up to heaven; God foiled them by confusing their language so they could no longer understand one another temple an edifice devoted to special or exalted purposes |
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