Tower of Babel
/ˈbeɪbəl/- (in the Bible) a tower built in an attempt to reach heaven, which God frustrated by confusing the languages of its builders so that they could not understand one another (Genesis 11:1-9).（《圣经》中的）巴别塔（企图通天而修建塔, 上帝使建塔者操不同语言, 互不理解, 从而挫败了建塔计划《创世纪》[11:1-9]）。
词源
Babel from Hebrew Bāḇel 'Babylon', from Akkadian bāb ili 'gate of god'.