Babylon
Babylon1
[ˈbabɪlən]
Babylon2
[ˈbabɪlɒn]
noun
[ˈbabɪlən]
- an ancient city in Mesopotamia, the capital of Babylonia in the 2nd millennium bc. The city (of which only ruins now remain) lay on the Euphrates and was noted by Classical writers for its luxury, its fortifications, and its legendary Hanging Gardens
巴比伦（美索不达米亚的古城，公元前第二个千年时巴比伦王国的首都，现仅存遗迹；位于幼发拉底河畔，以古典作家所描绘的奢华、坚固和传说的空中花园闻名）
- Greek Babulōn (from Hebrew bābel), also the name of the mystical city of the Apocalypse. Compare with babel
Babylon2
[ˈbabɪlɒn]
noun
- [mass noun](black English)(chiefly among Rastafarians) a contemptuous or dismissive term for aspects of white culture seen as degenerate or oppressive, especially the police
(黑人英语)（主要为拉斯特法里派所用，是对白人尤其是警察社会生活的鄙视用语）奢华淫靡
- 1940s: by association with Babylon
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