单词 | Tower of Babel |
释义 | Tower of Babel (once / 13416 pages) n WORD FAMILY Tower of Babel USAGE EXAMPLESBlackrock's ETF strategy is a numbers game destined to be another financial Tower of Babel. New York Times(Sep 15, 2016) And the crowd within was a Tower of Babel: foreign tourists and locals who struggled to communicate as the menace approached. Wall Street Journal(Jul 16, 2016) Because by all rights we should be living in the crystal palaces of Atlantis or in the Tower of Babel’s penthouse apartments, right? The New Yorker(Jun 07, 2016) n (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 Syn|Exp Babel ziggurat, zikkurat, zikurat a rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians |
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