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.
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.
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