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.
权威例句
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.
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 ).
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.
4. Babylon was financially far ahead of Egypt.
巴比伦在金融方面远远领先于埃及.
5. Felix Babylon had set himself to cater specially for Royalty.