单词 | jungly |
释义 | junglyadj. 1. Of the nature of or characterized by jungle; abounding in jungle; jungle-like. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > fertile land or place > land with vegetation > [adjective] > jungle jungly1800 jungled1842 1800 Duke of Wellington Let. to Lt.-Col. Close 22 May in Dispatches (1837) I. 119 The country is so jungly that they could not act when they should arrive there. 1838 Chambers's Edinb. Jrnl. 3 Mar. 47/3 The spot on which the cow was lying was exceedingly jungley. 1859 R. F. Burton Lake Regions Central Afr. in Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 29 109 A stream..flowing under high banks bearing a dense jungly bush in a bed of mire and grass. 1866 Daily Tel. 22 Feb. 5/5 An undulating expanse of stony, jungly, incult desert—a mere blasted heath. 2. Inhabiting a jungle. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting a type of place > [adjective] > inhabiting jungle jungly1880 jungli1920 1880 Sat. Rev. 28 Feb. 285/2 The spirit of the jungly tribes was anything but divine. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1800 |
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