Babel

英 ['be?b(?)l] 美['bebl]

暢通詞匯

babel 巴別塔

來(lái)自希伯來(lái)語(yǔ)，傳說(shuō)中通往上天之門(mén)。bab, 門(mén)。ilu, 神，詞源同Allah.

babel: babel: [14] According to Genesis 11: 1–9, the tower of Babel was built in Shinar by the descendants of Noah in an attempt to reach heaven. Angered at their presumption, God punished the builders by making them unable to understand each other’s speech: hence, according to legend, the various languages of the world. Hence, too, the metaphorical application of babel to a ‘confused medley of sounds’, which began in English in the 16th century.

The word has no etymological connection with ‘language’ or ‘noise’, however. The original Assyrian bāb-ilu meant ‘gate of god’, and this was borrowed into Hebrew as bābel (from which English acquired the word). The later Greek version is Babylon.
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Babel: capital of Babylon, late 14c., from Hebrew Babhel (Gen. xi), from Akkadian bab-ilu "Gate of God" (from bab "gate" + ilu "god"). The name is a translation of Sumerian Ka-dingir. Meaning "confused medley of sounds" (1520s) is from the biblical story of the Tower of Babel.

1. The result was a mishmash a Babel - like mix .: 結(jié)果產(chǎn)生出一種巴別( Babel )式的語(yǔ)言大雜燴.

2. Amid the babel of voices, Hurstwood heard one close beside him.: 在一片混亂聲中, 赫斯渥聽(tīng)到一個(gè)聲音就在他身邊說(shuō)話.

3. At this the babel of voices broke loose again.: 以后就又是龐雜的四個(gè)人同時(shí)說(shuō)話的聲音.

4. A babel of voices could be heard from the schoolroom.: 可以聽(tīng)見(jiàn)教室里一陣嘈雜的聲音.

5. A babel of voices could be heard from the street.: 可以聽(tīng)見(jiàn)街上一陣噪嚷的聲音.