ziggurat
noun [ C ] uk/ˈzɪɡ.ə.ræt/ us/ˈzɪɡ.ə.ræt/
（尤指位于现在的伊拉克境内的）古金字塔神塔
a large rectangular structure with several levels of different sizes and steps leading up it, built in ancient times, especially in what is now Iraq, and usually forming part of a temple (= a religious building)
Susa is the site of the world's best preserved ziggurat. 苏萨有世界上保存最完好的金字塔神塔。
Excavations of the site have revealed a great ziggurat. 对该遗址的挖掘发现了一座伟大的金字塔神塔。
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- We visited the famous ziggurat at Ur.
- An art historian might relate the blocky geometric structure to the ziggurats of ancient Mesopotamia.
- The tower would have risen above the original building's roof like a grotesque ziggurat.