| 释义 |
‖ toril|toˈril|
Pl. toriles.
[Sp.]
One (spec. the last) of a series of pens in which a bull at a bullfight is confined before being released into the ring. Also attrib.
1893Chapman & Buck Wild Spain v. 65 The noble bulls will be lured in their company away from their native plains,..to the entrance of the fatal toril. 1932E. Hemingway Death in Afternoon vi. 61 The alguacils ride up to under the president's box to ask for the key to the red door of the toril where the bull is waiting. 1961Times 8 July 10/6 The toril gates open and out bounds the animal. 1974Encycl. Brit. Macropædia III. 477/1 The presidente municipal..throws down to one of the alguaciles the key to the toriles or bull pens. |