Jungle Meaning
/ˈd͡ʒʌŋ.ɡ(ə)l/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA large, undeveloped, humid forest, especially in a tropical region, that is home to many wild plants and animals; a tropical rainforest.
nounA large, lush, undeveloped, humid forest, especially in a tropical region, thick with vegetation and wildlife; a tropical rainforest.
Sentence Examples
We will get through the jungle somehow.
We chopped our way through the jungle.
The Mayans built jungle pyramids to worship their gods.
CEFR Practice Quiz
Deep in the Amazon ____, you can find many exotic animals and plants.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The hikers spent several days trekking through the thick ____, where they saw many exotic animals.
Word Origin & History
Borrowed from Hindustani جَن٘گَل (jaṅgal) / जंगल (jaṅgal), from Sanskrit जङ्गल (jaṅgala, “arid, sterile, desert”). First appears c. 1776 in a translation by Nathaniel Halhed.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"As Tarzan walked down the wild cañon beneath the brilliant African moon the call of the jungle was strong upon him. The solitude and the savage freedom filled his heart with life and buoyancy. Again he was Tarzan of the Apes—every sense alert against the chance of surprise by some jungle enemy—yet treading lightly and with head erect, in proud consciousness of his might."
— 1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantyne Books, published 1963, page 81:
"'How do you like this corner of the jungle?' He leant forward. 'Just listen in to the couple behind you. From what I've heard they're straight out of "Nigger Heaven".'"
— 1954, Ian Fleming, “Nigger Heaven”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 46:
"The first-timer just doesn't know what's going on when he gets to jail. […] It's a jungle, you've got to look after yourself first."
— 1984, Barry Ellem, Doing Time, page 25:
"But of course, that excludes the narcissistic delusionals, the deliberate frauds, and the pathological cases of multiple personality. They are all out there in New Age Land, and it's a jungle!"
— 2005, Laura Knight-Jadczyk, The High Strangeness of Dimensions, Densities, and the Process of Alien Abduction:
"[…] lost in such a jungle of intrigues, pettifoggings, treacheries, diplomacies domestic and foreign […]"
— 1858–1865, Thomas Carlyle, History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Deep in the Amazon ____, you can find many exotic animals and plants.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The hikers spent several days trekking through the thick ____, where they saw many exotic animals.