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jungle
[ juhng-guhl ]
noun
- a wild land overgrown with dense vegetation, often nearly impenetrable, especially tropical vegetation or a tropical rainforest.
- a tract of such land.
- a wilderness of dense overgrowth; a piece of swampy, thickset forestland.
- any confused mass or agglomeration of objects; jumble:
a jungle of wrecked automobiles.
- something that baffles or perplexes; maze:
a jungle of legal double-talk.
- a scene of violence and struggle for survival:
The neglected prison was a jungle for its inmates.
- a place or situation of ruthless competition:
the advertising jungle.
- Slang.
- (in historical use) a hobo camp:
We found him by the campfire, with many similarly raggedy hobos in what is known as a jungle.
- any camp of unhoused individuals:
Law enforcement clears the jungle and tears down the temporary structures a few times each year, but people return and a new encampment always springs up.
jungle
/ 藞诲萧蕦艐伞蓹濒 /
noun
- an equatorial forest area with luxuriant vegetation, often almost impenetrable
- any dense or tangled thicket or growth
- a place of intense competition or ruthless struggle for survival
the concrete jungle
- a type of fast electronic dance music, originating in the early 1990s, which combines elements of techno and ragga
- slang.(esp in the Depression) a gathering place for the unemployed, etc
Derived Forms
- 藞箩耻苍驳濒测, adjective
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 箩耻苍路驳濒别诲 adjective
- 耻苍路诲别谤路箩耻苍路驳濒别 noun
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of jungle1
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of jungle1
Idioms and Phrases
see law of the jungle .Example Sentences
To fight an elusive enemy operating clandestinely at night and from hideouts deep in swamps and jungles, the U.S. military turned to environmental modification technologies.
As Vietnam insists on "looking forward", it appears to have almost forgotten the men and women who fought in the jungles and through the hell of American bombs.
Its thick jungle provides cover for those who oppose military rule, but it is difficult to get around, the roads are poor and main highways remain in range of the army's guns.
鈥淢y absolute favorite is Ca Com, the banh mi shop from the Anchovy team. They break down whole pigs in their hatted kitchen next door to make the jungle sausage in my favorite order.鈥
He spent his life on his hands and knees out in the jungles and in the mountains recording mostly bird sounds, but all these other animals as well.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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