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单词 jungly
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junglyadj.

Brit. /ˈdʒʌŋɡli/, U.S. /ˈdʒəŋɡli/
Etymology: < jungle n. + -y suffix1.
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).
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