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jacal

/huh-kahl, hah-/US // həˈkɑl, hɑ- //

癸水,癸癸,癸卯年,癸巳

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    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.