asphalt jungle

短语

[法] 都市中犯罪猖獗的地区

发音

AU

词形变化

asphalt jungles 复数 asphalt jungles

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

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

    习语

词源

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

来源：wiktionary