Definition of jacal in English:

jacal

nounPlural jacales həˈkɑːlhäˈkäl

(in Mexico and the south-western US) a thatched wattle-and-daub hut.
（墨西哥和美国西南部的）小茅屋
Example sentencesExamples
- Here the Seri have built both Mexican-style jacales of wattle and daub, and small wood-frame structures.
- If so, they likely lived in jacales, a traditional structure constructed of vertical poles set into the ground without interrupted sills.
- The dwellers practiced minimal agriculture supplemented by hunting and gathering, made a simple red or brown pottery, and lived in pit houses and, later, above-ground jacales of adobe-plastered poles.
- The jacales were made in a variety of sizes and styles, depending on the method preferred by the workers.
- They have also found evidence of Spanish jacales, room blocks in an octagonal pattern within the stockade wall.

Origin

Mexican Spanish, from Nahuatl xacalli, contraction of xamitl calli 'adobe house'.

Definition of jacal in US English:

jacal

nounhäˈkäl

(in Mexico and the southwestern US) a thatched wattle-and-daub hut.
（墨西哥和美国西南部的）小茅屋
Example sentencesExamples
- The jacales were made in a variety of sizes and styles, depending on the method preferred by the workers.
- The dwellers practiced minimal agriculture supplemented by hunting and gathering, made a simple red or brown pottery, and lived in pit houses and, later, above-ground jacales of adobe-plastered poles.
- If so, they likely lived in jacales, a traditional structure constructed of vertical poles set into the ground without interrupted sills.
- Here the Seri have built both Mexican-style jacales of wattle and daub, and small wood-frame structures.
- They have also found evidence of Spanish jacales, room blocks in an octagonal pattern within the stockade wall.

Origin

Mexican Spanish, from Nahuatl xacalli, contraction of xamitl calli ‘adobe house’.

词汇	jacal
释义	Definition of jacal in English: jacal nounPlural jacales həˈkɑːlhäˈkäl (in Mexico and the south-western US) a thatched wattle-and-daub hut. （墨西哥和美国西南部的）小茅屋 Example sentencesExamples Here the Seri have built both Mexican-style jacales of wattle and daub, and small wood-frame structures. If so, they likely lived in jacales, a traditional structure constructed of vertical poles set into the ground without interrupted sills. The dwellers practiced minimal agriculture supplemented by hunting and gathering, made a simple red or brown pottery, and lived in pit houses and, later, above-ground jacales of adobe-plastered poles. The jacales were made in a variety of sizes and styles, depending on the method preferred by the workers. They have also found evidence of Spanish jacales, room blocks in an octagonal pattern within the stockade wall. Origin Mexican Spanish, from Nahuatl xacalli, contraction of xamitl calli 'adobe house'. Definition of jacal in US English: jacal nounhäˈkäl (in Mexico and the southwestern US) a thatched wattle-and-daub hut. （墨西哥和美国西南部的）小茅屋 Example sentencesExamples The jacales were made in a variety of sizes and styles, depending on the method preferred by the workers. The dwellers practiced minimal agriculture supplemented by hunting and gathering, made a simple red or brown pottery, and lived in pit houses and, later, above-ground jacales of adobe-plastered poles. If so, they likely lived in jacales, a traditional structure constructed of vertical poles set into the ground without interrupted sills. Here the Seri have built both Mexican-style jacales of wattle and daub, and small wood-frame structures. They have also found evidence of Spanish jacales, room blocks in an octagonal pattern within the stockade wall. Origin Mexican Spanish, from Nahuatl xacalli, contraction of xamitl calli ‘adobe house’.
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