| 单词 | tower of babel |
| 释义 | Tower of Babel in British English (ˈtaʊəʳ əv ˈbeɪbəl) noun another name for Babel1 (sense 1a) Babel in British English 1 (ˈbeɪbəl) noun 1. Old Testament a. Also called: Tower of Babel a tower presumptuously intended to reach from earth to heaven, the building of which was frustrated when Jehovah confused the language of the builders (Genesis 11:1–9) b. the city, probably Babylon, in which this tower was supposedly built 2. (often not capital) a. a confusion of noises or voices b. a scene of noise and confusion Word origin from Hebrew Bābhél, from Akkadian Bāb-ilu, literally: gate of GodExamples of 'Tower of Babel' in a sentence |
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