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叢林 — meaning in English

cóng lín

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English meaning

  • jungle noun A dense tropical forest thick with trees, vines, and wildlife.
  • wilderness noun A wild, natural area with no human settlement or cultivation.

Senses

叢林 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.
  • wilderness (uncountable) Uncultivated and unsettled land in its natural state inhabited by wild animals and with vegetation growing wild; (countable) a tract of such land; a waste or wild.

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.

wilderness — full definition

  1. noun A wild, natural area with no human settlement or cultivation.
  2. noun A period out of power, favour, or public attention.

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