babel
美['beɪbl] 英['beɪbl]
n. Babel.
sp. [圣]巴别塔
英英释义
Noun- (Genesis 11:1-11) a tower built by Noah's descendants (probably in Babylon) who intended it to reach up to heaven; God foiled them by confusing their language so they could no longer understand one another
- a confusion of voices and other sounds
例句
用作名词(n.)- The Babel of antiquity foreshadows the babble of 1991.古代的巴别塔正是现今的预兆。
- Babel and the Great Wall can be regarded as two versions of globalization narration, who eroded each other's territory and try to build a world without conflict.巴别塔和长城可以作为全球化叙事的两个版本,它们互相侵蚀彼此的地盘,试图营造出一个不再矛盾重重的世界。
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