| 单词 | asphalt jungle |
| 释义 | asphalt jungle[ as-fawlt juhng-guhl ] / ˈæs fɔlt ˈdʒʌŋ gəl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR asphalt jungle ON THESAURUS.COM nounany large, crowded city or urban area regarded as a dangerous place where people are engaged in a struggle for survival: There was a wariness, an eternal vigilance about her, no doubt from having spent her first 20 years in an asphalt jungle. Origin of asphalt jungleApparently coined by George Ade in a fable published in 1917; popularized by a novel of the same title (1949) by W.R. Burnett (1899–1982), U.S. novelist and screenwriter Words nearby asphalt jungleaspersion, aspersorium, asphalt, asphaltene, asphaltite, asphalt jungle, asphalt paper, asphalt rock, asphaltum, aspherical, aspherical surface Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 |
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