| 单词 | babel builder |
| 释义 | > as lemmasBabel builder Babel builder n. a person likened to a builder of the Tower of Babel, esp. in being arrogant or unrealistic. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > builder > [noun] > builders of other structures barn-builder1604 redeemera1610 Babel builder1610 vaulter1648 superstructor1669 pontifex1686 bridge-builder1752 bridger1958 1610 H. Broughton Reuelation Holy Apocalyps (new ed.) 142 Euery thing..being turned to seruice of Idolls grone in Gods estieme, as corrupted:..such were Babel builders, till heathen came to God. c1746 J. Hervey Medit. (1818) 39 God from on high laughs at the Babel-builder. 1864 Finsbury Mag. Jan. 317 When we meet with some wild enthusiast or fanatic, we instantly call him a Babel-builder. 1945 J. R. R. Tolkien Let. 9 Aug. (1995) 116 We're in God's hands. But He does not look kindly on Babel-builders. 1992 T. Gustafson Representative Words ii. iv. 114 Emerson in Circles is the voice of pentecostal aspiration, but he also must be recognized to be at the same time, paradoxically, a Babel builder. < as lemmas |
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