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单词 jacal
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jacal

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ja·cal

J0001600 (hä-käl′)n. pl. ja·ca·les (-kä′lās) or ja·cals A thatch-roofed hut made of wattle and daub found in Mexico and the southwest United States.
[American Spanish, from Nahuatl xahcalli : xamitl, xam-, xah-, adobe + calli, house.]

jacal

(dʒəˈkæl) na wattle-and-daub hut with a thatched roof

ja•cal

(həˈkɑl, hɑ-)

n., pl. -ca•les (-ˈkɑ leɪs, -leɪz)
-cals. (in the southwest U.S. and Mexico) a hut with a thatched roof and walls consisting of mud plastered over thin stakes driven into the ground. [1830–40, Amer.; < Mexican Spanish < Nahuatl xahcalli]

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jacal

1. A rectangular structure, either partially enclosed or open on all four sides, used as a temporary storage place, such as for grain; usually a flat roof supported by two to four posts on each side of the structure (depending on its size) and often covered with a layer of adobe mud or straw.2. In the American Southwest, a crude house having walls built of closely spaced upright sticks, or poles driven into the ground, and small branches interwoven between them; then covered with mud or an adobe clay; usually plastered to provide additional weather protection; a flat roof is supported by horizontal logs and then covered with thatching, often with a layer of adobe atop the thatching. 3. Same as wigwam.
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