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jungle
n
1 [U, C] area of land, usu in a tropical country, that is covered with a thick growth of trees and tangled plants 丛林地带（通常指热带国家的）
There´s not much jungle 100 miles inland. 向内地100英里丛林较少.
The new road was hacked out of the jungle. 这条新路是在丛林地带辟出的.
the dense jungles of Africa and South America 非洲和南美洲的茂密丛林
[attrib 作定语]
jungle warfare, ie war fought in the jungle, where surprise attacks by small groups aredifficult to anticipate or avoid 丛林战.
2 [sing] confused, disordered and complicated mass of things 混乱而复杂的大量事物
a jungle of welfare regulations 纷繁的福利条例.
3 [C] place of intense or confusing struggle 发生激烈或混乱斗争的地方
the blackboard jungle, ie school(s) where pupils are very disruptive and hostile to theirteachers 学生不守纪律并敌视教师的学校
the concrete jungle, ie a typical modern city with a dense mass ofugly high-rise concrete buildings and in which life is bewildering and sometimes violent 高楼林立、 乌烟瘴气、 时有暴力事件的现代城市.
4 (idm 习语) the law of the jungle => law.
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