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单词 asphalt jungles
释义

asphalt jungle

noun

: a big city or a specified part of a big city

Synonyms

  • burg
  • city
  • cosmopolis
  • megacity
  • megalopolis
  • metropolis
  • municipality
  • town
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Example Sentences

a realistic novel about life in the asphalt jungle

Word History

First Known Use

1920, in the meaning defined above

asphalt jungles

noun

plural of asphalt jungle
as in cities
a thickly settled, highly populated area a realistic novel about life in the asphalt jungle

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • cities
  • towns
  • metropolises
  • municipalities
  • suburbias
  • cosmopolises
  • suburbs
  • urban sprawls
  • burgs
  • megacities
  • megalopolises
  • garden cities
  • edge cities
  • central cities
  • core cities
  • inner cities
  • boroughs
  • conurbations
  • midtowns
  • exurbs
  • downtowns
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