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单词 kraal
释义 kraal
I. \ˈkrȯl, -ä-\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Afrikaans, from Portuguese curral pen for cattle, enclosure, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin currale enclosure for vehicles — more at corral
1.
 a. : a village of southern African natives (as Hottentots or Kaffirs)
 b. : the organized social unit that the kraal represents : the native village community
2.
 a. : a single hut or group of huts in which natives in southern Africa live
 b. : an enclosure for domestic animals in southern Africa
 c. : an elephant corral in Sri Lanka, India, or Thailand
 d. [Dutch, from Portuguese curral] : an enclosure for keeping turtles, lobsters, or sponges alive in shallow water — called also manyatta
II. transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
: to pen in a kraal
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