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后巷的地板上收集一些.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
2. There they remained until Cyrus took Babylon ( 538 BC ).
他們一直留在那里,直到居留士攻占巴比倫 ( 公元前538年 ).
來自英漢非文學(xué) - 歷史
3. Probably this literature was first put together in Babylon.
很可能這部文獻(xiàn)最早是在巴比倫匯總起來的.
來自英漢非文學(xué) - 歷史
4. Babylon was financially far ahead of Egypt.
巴比倫在金融方面遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)領(lǐng)先于埃及.
來自英漢非文學(xué) - 歷史
5. Felix Babylon had set himself to cater specially for Royalty.