jungle
/ˈdʒʌŋgl/noun
1
- an area of land overgrown with dense forest and tangled vegetation, typically in the tropics（尤指热带的）丛林地带：
we set off into the jungle
我们出发进入丛林地带
mass noun the lakes are hidden in dense jungle.湖泊隐藏在浓密的丛林中。
1.1
- a wild tangled mass of vegetation or other things杂乱的野生草木丛; 杂乱无章的一堆：
the garden was a jungle of bluebells.
花园里长满了杂乱的野风信子。
1.2
- a situation or place of bewildering complexity or brutal competitiveness错综复杂的情形（或地方）; 激烈而残酷的竞争状态（或场所）：
it's a jungle out there.
那里是一个弱肉强食的世界。
2
- （亦作jungle music）[mass noun] a style of dance music incorporating elements of ragga, hip hop, and hard core and consisting almost exclusively of very fast electronic drum tracks and slower synthesized bass lines, originating in Britain in the early 1990s丛林乐（一种融合拉加即兴曲, 希普霍普和硬核音乐元素的舞曲, 由几乎独有的, 极快速的电子鼓声道和较慢的合成低音和声组成, 起源于20世纪90年代早期的英国）。比较DRUM AND BASS.
短语
the law of the jungle
- the principle that those who are strong and apply ruthless self-interest will be most successful丛林法则, 弱肉强食的法则。
派生词
jungled
adjectivejunglist
noun & adjective （限义项2）jungly
adjective词源
late 18th cent.: via Hindi from Sanskrit jāṅgala 'rough and arid (terrain)'.