jungle

英 [ˈdʒʌŋɡl]

美 [ˈdʒʌŋɡl]

n.  (热带)丛林，密林; 尔虞我诈的环境; 危险地带; 丛林音乐(20世纪90年代初发端于英国的一种流行快步舞曲，歌词多涉及城市生活)

复数：jungles　

高考CET4CET6考研TOEFLIELTSTEM4TEM8

Collins.2 / BNC.5317 / COCA.4507

习惯用语

n.

the law of the jungle
• 丛林法则；弱肉强食
  a situation in which people are prepared to harm other people in order to succeed

牛津词典

noun

• （热带）丛林，密林
  an area of tropical forest where trees and plants grow very thickly
  1. The area was covered in dense jungle.
     这个地区丛林密布。
  2. the jungles of South-East Asia
     东南亚热带丛林
  3. jungle warfare
     丛林战
  4. Our garden is a complete jungle.
     我们的花园杂草丛生。
• 尔虞我诈的环境；危险地带
  an unfriendly or dangerous place or situation, especially one where it is very difficult to be successful or to trust anyone
  1. 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。
• 丛林音乐（20世纪90年代初发端于英国的一种流行快步舞曲，歌词多涉及城市生活）
  a type of popular dance music developed in Britain in the early 1990s, with fast music and spoken words about life in cities

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 热带丛林；密林
  Ajungleis a forest in a tropical country where large numbers of tall trees and plants grow very close together.
  1. ...the mountains and jungles of Papua New Guinea...
     巴布亚新几内亚的山脉和丛林
  2. The mountain area is covered entirely in dense jungle.
     山区完全掩映在茂密的丛林中。
  3. ...a remote jungle area.
     偏远的丛林地带
• N-SING 堆满东西的地方；杂乱无章的地方
  If you describe a place asa jungle, you are emphasizing that it is full of lots of things and very untidy.
  1. ...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
• N-SING 复杂困难的境况；尔虞我诈的环境
  If you describe a situation asa jungle, you dislike it because it is complicated and difficult to get what you want from it.
  1. 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。
  2. ...the examination jungle.
     竞争激烈的考试
• PHRASE 丛林法则；弱肉强食的原则
  If you refer tothe law of the jungle, you are referring to a situation in which there are no laws or rules to govern the way that people behave and people use force to get what they want.
  1. 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。
  2. The law of the jungle demands: kill or be killed.
     丛林法则要求的是：杀戮或者被杀。
• 丛林音乐（一种有着快节奏鼓点的舞曲）
  Jungleis a style of dance music with a fast drum beat.

英英释义

noun

• an impenetrable equatorial forest
• a place where hoboes camp
  Synonym:hobo camp
• a location marked by an intense competition and struggle for survival

双语例句

• 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。
• Don't venture into the jungle without a guide.
  没有向导，不要冒险到森林里去。
• The law of the jungle demands: kill or be killed.
  丛林法则要求的是：杀戮或者被杀。
• I've let you push me around this jungle for, like, five hours.
  我让你在这丛林里推推搡搡走了五个小时了。
• Lions and elephants are lords of the jungle.
  狮子和大象乃丛林之王。
• We went deep into the jungle.
  我们走进丛林深处。
• The group has been living in a remote corner of the Cambodian jungle.
  该部落一直居住在柬埔寨的丛林深处。
• A helicopter landed in a clearing in the dense jungle.
  一架直升机降落在茂密丛林中的一片空地上。
• I was dragged into the jungle by two men.
  我被两个男人拖进了丛林。
• The jungle is home to a tiger and a lion.
  丛林是老虎和狮子的家。