asphalt jungle

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Определение asphalt jungle в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь

A city or urban area, where the landscape is covered by pavement and the environment is alienating and unsafe

Harlem comes through as an urban hothouse mean with exotic hustle and violence, a tangible asphalt jungle with its own abrasive laws of motion.

A large city or an urban or inner-city area, especially when characterized as congested and crime-ridden

Расстановка переносов

as·phalt jun·gle

Турецкое произношение

äsfôlt cʌnggıl

Синонимы

city, concrete jungle, downtown, inner city, mean streets, metropolis, municipality, urban complex

Произношение

/ˈasˌfôlt ˈʤəɴɢgəl/ /ˈæsˌfɔːlt ˈʤʌŋɡəl/

Этимология

() From W. R. Burnett's novel The Asphalt Jungle (1949).