Babylon
['bæbilən]
- n. 巴比倫（古代巴比倫王國Babylonia的首都）；繁華的都市，罪惡之都
英文詞源
- Babylon
- mid-14c., from Greek version of Akkadian Bab-ilani "the gate of the gods," from bab "gate" + ilani, plural of ilu "god" (see Babel). The Old Persian form, Babiru-, shows characteristic transformation of -l- to -r- in words assimilated from Semitic.
雙語例句
- 1. Or scrape it up off the floor in the backroom of Babylon.
- 或者從Babylon後巷的地板上收集一些.
來自互聯網
- 2. There they remained until Cyrus took Babylon ( 538 BC ).
- 他們一直留在那裏,直到居留士攻占巴比倫 ( 公元前538年 ).
來自英漢非文學 - 曆史
- 3. Probably this literature was first put together in Babylon.
- 很可能這部文獻最早是在巴比倫匯總起來的.
來自英漢非文學 - 曆史
- 4. Babylon was financially far ahead of Egypt.
- 巴比倫在金融方麵遠遠領先於埃及.
來自英漢非文學 - 曆史
- 5. Felix Babylon had set himself to cater specially for Royalty.
- 費利克斯?巴比倫盡力滿足王室成員的需要.
來自辭典例句