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。