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.
双语例句
1. Or scrape it up off the floor in the backroom of Babylon.
或者从Babylon后巷的地板上收集一些.
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2. There they remained until Cyrus took Babylon ( 538 BC ).
他们一直留在那里,直到居留士攻占巴比伦 ( 公元前538年 ).
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3. Probably this literature was first put together in Babylon.
很可能这部文献最早是在巴比伦汇总起来的.
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4. Babylon was financially far ahead of Egypt.
巴比伦在金融方面远远领先于埃及.
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5. Felix Babylon had set himself to cater specially for Royalty.
