English Dictionary

asphalt jungle

noun

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

New York City is often referred to as the asphalt jungle.

意味（1）

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

The sound track tingles with cool jazz, the dry atonal music of the asphalt jungle.