Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - jungle
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Jungle
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(jungles) 1. A jungle is a forest in a tropical country where large numbers of tall trees and plants grow very close together. ...the mountains and jungles of Papua New Guinea... The mountain area is covered entirely in dense jungle. N-VAR 2. If you describe a place as a jungle, you are emphasizing that it is full of lots of things and very untidy. ...a jungle of stuffed birds, knick-knacks, potted plants. N-SING: with supp c darkgreen]emphasis 3. If you describe a situation as a jungle, you dislike it because it is complicated and difficult to get what you want from it. Social security law and procedure remain a jungle of complex rules. N-SING: with supp c darkgreen]disapproval 4. If you refer to the 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. If you make aggression pay, this becomes the law of the jungle... PHRASE c darkgreen]disapproval
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noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Hindi ja?gal & Urdu jangal forest, from Sanskrit ja?gala desert region Date: 1776 1. a. an impenetrable thicket or tangled mass of tropical vegetation b. a tract overgrown with thickets or masses of vegetation 2. a hobo camp 3. a. (1) a confused or disordered mass of objects ; jumble (2) something that baffles or frustrates by its tangled or complex character ; maze the ~ of housing laws — Bernard Taper b. a place of ruthless struggle for survival the city is a ~ where no one is safe after dark — Stuart Chase 4. electronic dance music that combines elements of techno, reggae, and hip-hop and is marked especially by an extremely fast beat • ~like adjective • jungly adjective ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. 1 a land overgrown with underwood or tangled vegetation, esp. in the tropics. b an area of such land. 2 a wild tangled mass. 3 a place of bewildering complexity or confusion, or of a struggle for survival (blackboard jungle). Phrases and idioms jungle fever a severe form of malaria. law of the jungle a state of ruthless competition. Derivatives jungled adj. jungly adj. Etymology: Hindi jangal f. Skr. jangala desert, forest ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. джунгли; густые заросли, дебри 2. чаща, густой лес 3. неразбериха, дебри, путаница the jungle of tax laws —- дебри налогового законодательства the redtape jungle —- бюрократическая канитель 4. место отчаянной борьбы за существование the jungle of a city slum —- джунгли городских трущоб the jungle of business —- беспощадная конкуренция в мире бизнеса 5. ам. сл. притон; ночлежка для бродяг и безработных (также hobo jungle) Id: the law of the jungle —- закон джунглей ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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fever тропическая лихорадка JUNGLE noun 1) джунгли 2) густые заросли, дебри 3) amer.; sl. притон 4) attr. связанный с джунглями; живущий в джунглях ...Англо-русский словарь
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~ n 1 a thick tropical forest with many large plants growing very close together 2 a place that is very untidy and where a lot of things have been placed close together (This place is turning into a jungle already.) 3 a situation in which it is difficult to become successful or get what you want, especially because a lot of people are competing with each other (You've got to be tough - it's a jungle out there.) (- see also concrete jungle, law of the jungle law (10)) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1776, from Hindi jaygal "desert, forest, wasteland," from Skt. jangala-s "arid, sparsely grown with trees." Generalized sense of "wild, tangled mass" of anything is first recorded 1850; meaning "place notoriously lawless and violent" is from 1906. Jungle gym was a trademark name, 1923, in U.S. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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