| 单词 | babel tower |
| 释义 | > as lemmasBabel tower Babel tower n. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > types of building generally > [noun] > high building towerc897 steeplec1000 Babel1554 pile1573 Babel tower1588 castle1642 minar1665 skyscraper1883 scraper1928 prang1929 slab1952 high-rise1962 multi-storey1969 1588 E. B. in D. Archdeacon tr. True Disc. Armie King of Spaine Ep. to Rdr. 8 The Spanishe king..hath by hys ships, made like Babel towers, vaunted himselfe to make vs afrayd. 1603 J. Davies Microcosmos 208 Vp goe his Babell-Towres of Pompe and Pride, That to the High'st he may next neighbour be. 1772 J. Spencer Hermas II. xii. 165 All transient views, fame, learning, riches, power, Sink to their base, or build a Babel Tower. 1846 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) vi. 46 Babel towers of chimneys. 2005 C. W. E. Bigsby Arthur Miller v. 67 Lawrence Newman finds himself trapped in a nightmare, a Babel Tower of misunderstandings, conflicting languages, clashing values, secret codes and ciphers. < as lemmas |
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