jungle
英 ['dʒʌŋg(ə)l]
美['dʒʌŋɡl]
- n. 丛林，密林；危险地带
- adj. 丛林的；蛮荒的
词态变化
复数: jungles;
中文词源
jungle 丛林
来自印度语jangal,森林，荒漠，无人居住的土地。现多用于比喻义指水泥丛林，钢铁丛林。
英英释意
- 1. an impenetrable equatorial forest
- 2. a location marked by an intense competition and struggle for survival
- 3. a place where hoboes camp
英文词源
- jungle
- jungle: [18] Not surprisingly, jungle is a tropical word, but its ancestor denoted quite the opposite of the lush vegetation it now refers to. It comes from Sanskrit jangala, which originally meant ‘dry’, and hence ‘desert’. Its Hindi descendant jangal was used for an ‘area of wasteland’, and hence ‘such an area overgrown with scrub’, and when it was taken over into Anglo-Indian it was gradually extended to an ‘area of thick tangled trees’.
- jungle (n.)
- 1776, from Hindi jangal "desert, forest, wasteland, uncultivated ground," from Sanskrit jangala-s "arid, sparsely grown with trees," of unknown origin. Specific sense of "land overgrown by vegetation in a wild, tangled mass" is first recorded 1849; meaning "place notoriously lawless and violent" is first recorded 1906, from Upton Sinclair's novel (compare asphalt jungle, 1949, William R. Burnett's novel title, made into a film 1950 by John Huston; blackboard jungle, 1954, Evan Hunter's novel title, movie in 1955). Jungle gym was a trademark name, 1923, by Junglegym Inc., Chicago, U.S. Jungle bunny, derogatory for "black person," attested from 1966.
同义词辨析
forest, woods, jungle, grove, plantation, bushes
这些名词都含有"林，树林"之意。
forest： 多指树木高大，面积大、人迹罕至的原始森林。
woods： 指面积不大的树林或小块的树林。
jungle： 特指热带的丛林。
grove： 通常指面积较小，树木整齐，地面干净的小树林，尤指果林。
plantation： 指人造林。
bushes： 指灌木丛，矮树林。
词组搭配
the law of the jungle
the principle that those who are strong and apply ruthless self-interest will be most successful
弱肉强食原则
实用场景例句
- The area was covered in dense jungle.
- 这个地区丛林密布。
牛津词典
- the jungles of South-East Asia
- 东南亚热带丛林
牛津词典
- jungle warfare
- 丛林战
牛津词典
- Our garden is a complete jungle.
- 我们的花园杂草丛生。
牛津词典
- It's a jungle out there─you've got to be strong to succeed.
- 那是个弱肉强食的地方——要成功就得是强者。
牛津词典
- ...the mountains and jungles of Papua New Guinea...
- 巴布亚新几内亚的山脉和丛林
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The mountain area is covered entirely in dense jungle.
- 山区完全掩映在茂密的丛林中。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...a jungle of stuffed birds, knick-knacks, potted plants.
- 堆满了鸟类标本、小摆设和盆栽植物的乱七八糟的地方
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Social security law and procedure remain a jungle of complex rules.
- 有关社会保障的法律和程序仍旧是个充满错综复杂的规则的危险领域。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...the examination jungle.
- 竞争激烈的考试
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- If you make aggression pay, this becomes the law of the jungle...
- 如果你通过侵略谋取利益，这就成了弱肉强食。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The law of the jungle demands: kill or be killed.
- 丛林法则要求的是：杀戮或者被杀。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The tiger prowled through the jungle.
- 老虎在森林里潜行觅食.
《简明英汉词典》
- A new highway knifes through the jungle.
- 一条新公路穿越森林.
《简明英汉词典》
- We went deep into the jungle.
- 我们走进丛林深处.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- This place is turning into a jungle already.
- 这个地方已变得乱七八糟.
《简明英汉词典》
- The expedition through the jungle was fraught with difficulty and danger.
- 穿越森林的探险充满着艰辛和危险.
《简明英汉词典》
- Exploring a jungle alive with wild animals is hazardous.
- 探察活跃着野兽的丛林是危险的.
《用法词典》
- She gave a thrilling account of her life in the jungle.
- 她绘声绘色地描述了自己在丛林中的生活.
《简明英汉词典》
- Don't venture into the jungle without a guide.
- 没有向导,不要冒险到丛林里去.
《简明英汉词典》
- Tigers are found in the jungle of Asia.
- 在亚洲的丛林中有老虎.
《简明英汉词典》
- The explorers had to rough it when they got into the jungle.
- 那些探险者进入丛林后,不得不过着艰苦的生活.
《简明英汉词典》
- They cut out a path through the jungle.
- 他们在密林中开出了一条小路.
《简明英汉词典》
- The journey through the jungle was perilous.
- 穿过丛林的旅行充满了危险.
《简明英汉词典》
- The hunters hewed a path through the jungle.
- 猎手们在森林里开出了一条路.
《简明英汉词典》
- Our soldiers lay in ambush in the jungle for the enemy.
- 我方战士埋伏在丛林中等待敌人.
《简明英汉词典》
- The lion is king of the jungle.
- 狮子是丛林之王.
《简明英汉词典》
- He tooled the jeep skillfully along the jungle path.
- 他沿着林中小路熟练地驾驶吉普车行进.
《现代英汉综合大词典》