| 单词 |
jacal |
| 释义 |
jacal|həˈkɑːl|
Also hackal, jackal(l), jucal.
[Mexican Sp., ad. Nahuatl xacalli.]
A hut constructed of erect poles or stakes filled in with wattle and mud, a type common in Mexico and the south-western United States; an adobe house; also, the material or method used in building such a hut.
1838‘Texian’ Mexico v. Texas 249 It was a little Jacal, or cabin, built with large unburnt bricks, called adobes, in the language of the country. 1844J. J. Webb Adventures in Santa Fe Trade (1931) 104 In a valley..where the herders had a temporary corrall and jacal made of bushes laid upon poles. Ibid. 105 The jacal was full, packed so thick it was impossible to count them. 1850J. W. Audubon Western Jrnl. (1906) 230 We..saw a comfortable (for this country), log and jacal built house. 189716th Ann. Rep. U.S. Bureau Amer. Ethnol. 1894–95 108 This method is known to the Mexicans as ‘jacal’, and much used by them. It consists of a row of sticks or thin poles set vertically in the ground and heavily plastered with mud. 1900R. B. C. Graham Thirteen Stories 127 A straw-thatched jacal. 1947Chicago Sun Bk. Week 8 June 2/2 In the back alleys..are to be found..primitive jacals. |
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