jacal
/huh-kahl, hah-/US // həˈkɑl, hɑ- //
癸水,癸癸,癸卯年,癸巳
Definitions
n.名词 noun
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plural ja·ca·les [huh-kah-leys, -leyz, hah-], /həˈkɑ leɪs, -leɪz, hɑ-/, ja·cals.
- : a hut with a thatched roof and walls consisting of thin stakes driven into the ground close together and plastered with mud.
Examples
The other is the Jacal, which is nearly 9600 feet above the sea-level, and crowned with forests of pine and cedar.
Ten minutes later all slept, or seemed to sleep, in the jacal: the storm lasted the night through, howling furiously.
Only a few minutes after the hacendero's son had left, the door of the jacal was roughly opened—four men entered.
Valentine said, when about a dozen yards from the jacal, "Everything is very silent here."
The preparations for quitting the jacal were not long, and an hour later, the five persons started.
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