babel

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Colours & soundsbabelba‧bel /ˈbeɪbəl $ ˈbeɪ-, ˈbæ-/ noun [singular, uncountable] CLOUD/NOISYthe confusing sound of many voices talking together a babel of French and ItalianExamples from the Corpusbabel• The village was a babel of accents from Ulster, London, Glasgow and Lancashire.• a babel of conflicting opinions• Why did the people want to build the tower of babel?• She hushed the babel of her thoughts and tried to sleep.Origin babel (1500-1600) Tower of Babel, (in the Bible) tower in ancient Babylon whose builders made God angry, so he made them unable to understand each other's speech

单词	babel
释义	babel From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Colours & soundsbabelba‧bel /ˈbeɪbəl $ ˈbeɪ-, ˈbæ-/ noun [singular, uncountable] CLOUD/NOISYthe confusing sound of many voices talking together a babel of French and ItalianExamples from the Corpusbabel• The village was a babel of accents from Ulster, London, Glasgow and Lancashire.• a babel of conflicting opinions• Why did the people want to build the tower of babel?• She hushed the babel of her thoughts and tried to sleep.Origin babel (1500-1600) Tower of Babel, (in the Bible) tower in ancient Babylon whose builders made God angry, so he made them unable to understand each other's speech
随便看	stand over somebody stand pat stand prepared to do stand prepared/ready to do something stand put up with crap stand ready to do stand somebody (up) on something stand somebody a drink/meal etc stand somebody to stand something on/in etc something stand somewhere doing stand stand fast stand still stand surety stand surety (for somebody) stand surety for stand tall stand to stand to stand to attention stand to attention stand to do stand to do something stand to gain stand to gain/lose/win/make