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丛林 — meaning in English

cóng lín

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English meaning

  • jungle noun A dense tropical forest thick with trees, vines, and wildlife.
  • thicket noun A dense patch of bushes, shrubs, or small trees.

Senses

丛林 is used for these senses in English:

  • jungle A large, undeveloped, humid forest, especially in a tropical region, that is home to many wild plants and animals; a tropical rainforest.
  • jungle (colloquial) A place where people behave ruthlessly, unconstrained by law or morality.
  • thicket (figuratively) A dense aggregation of other things, concrete or abstract.
  • tropical rainforest A forest with high rate of precipitation and high humidity, usually located near the equator.

jungle — full definition

  1. noun A dense tropical forest thick with trees, vines, and wildlife.
  2. noun A situation or environment seen as chaotic, cutthroat, or lawless.

thicket — full definition

  1. noun A dense patch of bushes, shrubs, or small trees.
  2. noun A tangled, confusing mass of anything, used figuratively.

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