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单词 sal
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Definition of sal in English:

sal

noun sɑːlsæl
  • A North Indian tree that yields hard, durable timber and dammar resin.

    Shorea robusta, family Dipterocarpaceae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The muddy track ahead meanders into groves of majestic century-old sal trees splashed golden yellow in parts by the beautiful Indian Laburnum.
    • Thus previously authoritarian government officials joined with previously suspicious villagers to successfully regenerate the degraded sal forests of southwestern Bengal.
    • In one much celebrated case, tribals demolished a plantation of teak, a highly prized furniture wood, that was coming up on land previously under the sal tree, a species of far greater benefit to the local economy.
    • Buddha was born as his mother grasped the branch of a sal tree, and he achieved Enlightenment beneath the Bodhi tree.
    • The sal forests of Garhwal and Kumaun, for example, were ‘felled in even to desolation.’

Origin

Late 18th century: from Hindi sāl.

Rhymes

Al, bacchanal, cabal, canal, Chagall, Chantal, chaparral, gal, grand mal, Guadalcanál, Hal, La Salle, mall, Natal, pal, pall-mall, petit mal, shall, Val
 
 

Definition of sal in US English:

sal

nounsalsæl
  • A North Indian tree that yields hard, durable timber and dammar resin.

    Shorea robusta, family Dipterocarpaceae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The sal forests of Garhwal and Kumaun, for example, were ‘felled in even to desolation.’
    • Buddha was born as his mother grasped the branch of a sal tree, and he achieved Enlightenment beneath the Bodhi tree.
    • Thus previously authoritarian government officials joined with previously suspicious villagers to successfully regenerate the degraded sal forests of southwestern Bengal.
    • In one much celebrated case, tribals demolished a plantation of teak, a highly prized furniture wood, that was coming up on land previously under the sal tree, a species of far greater benefit to the local economy.
    • The muddy track ahead meanders into groves of majestic century-old sal trees splashed golden yellow in parts by the beautiful Indian Laburnum.

Origin

Late 18th century: from Hindi sāl.

 
 
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