Meaning of asphalt jungle | Babel Free
Definitions
A city or urban area, where the landscape is covered by pavement and the environment is alienating and unsafe.
idiomatic
Equivalents
Examples
“The sound track tingles with cool jazz, the dry atonal music of the asphalt jungle.”
“Harlem comes through as an urban hothouse mean with exotic hustle and violence, a tangible asphalt jungle with its own abrasive laws of motion.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.