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单词 jungle
释义 jun·gle
I. \ˈjəŋgəl\ noun
(-s)
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Hindi jaṅgal, from Sanskrit jāṅgala
1. India
 a. : uncultivated ground
 b. : land overgrown (as with brushwood)
2.
 a. : an impenetrable thicket or tangled mass of tropical vegetation some parts of which can be lived in by native people or wild animals
 b. : a tract overgrown with thickets or masses of vegetation
3. : a hobo camp
 < stays here all the time and runs this jungle — Burl Ives >
4.
 a.
  (1) : a confused or chaotic mass or assemblage of objects : tangle, jumble
   < a jungle of gigantic tanks and curiously shaped pipes — American Guide Series: Arkansas >
   < an old-fashioned used-car junkyard jungle — N.F.Busch >
  (2) : something that baffles, perplexes, or frustrates by its tangled, complex, or deviously intricate character : maze
   < a perfect jungle of minute regulations — John Buchan >
   < a bureaucratic jungle of double-talk and evasions — P.B.Williamson >
   < difficult … to find one's way through the medieval jungle — G.G.Coulton >
 b. : a place or scene of ruthless struggle for survival
  < turned international economy into a jungle — W.L.Clayton >
  < a tale of teenage gang violence in the concrete jungle — Arthur Gelb >
II. intransitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
1. : to inhabit a jungle
 < tiny beasts that have jungled in that pale forest — John Galsworthy >
2. : to camp in a hobo jungle
 < jungled up with four others beside a creek — Nelson Algren >
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