English Dictionary

Babylon

/ˈbæb.ɪ.lɒn/

name

A city in ancient Mesopotamia, built on the banks of the Euphrates, which was the capital of Babylonia. / Any city of great wealth, luxury and vice.

Babylon was a thriving city in ancient Mesopotamia.

意味（1）

A city in ancient Mesopotamia, built on the banks of the Euphrates, which was the capital of Babylonia.

意味（2）

Any city of great wealth, luxury and vice.

Mother[…]considered that the exclusiveness of Peter's circle was due not to its distinction, but to the fact that it was an inner Babylon of prodigality and whoredom, from which every Kensingtonian held aloof, except on the conventional tip-and-run excursions in pursuit of shopping, tea and theatres.

意味（3）

(Rastafari) Western civilization, seen as corrupt and materialistic, and contrasted with Zion.

意味（4）

(Jamaica, MLE) The police.

When I was the first officer on the scene at a nightclub brawl, I was picked up by the throat and strangled by a huge Rastafarian who was trying to kill me. I was losing consciousness when Marlon told him to let me go.

When I was the first officer on the scene at a nightclub brawl, I was picked up by the throat and strangled by a huge Rastafarian who was trying to kill me. I was losing consciousness when Marlon told him to let me go. I remember him saying, ‘She’s alright for Babylon. Put her down.’ He dropped me and I ran to the station with massive bruises around my neck.