| 释义 |
‖ garrocha|gaˈrrotʃa|
[Sp.]
(See quots.)
1846R. Ford Gatherings from Spain xxii. 301 The bull..well remembers this garrocha, or goad, by which herdsmen enforce discipline. 1882H. de Windt On Equator ix. 136 Each [picador] was armed with a garrocha, or spear, the blade of which..is only about an inch long, as the picadores are not allowed to kill the bull, but merely to irritate and goad him. 1910Encycl. Brit. IV. 790 As the bull attacks the horse, the picador, who is armed with a short-pointed, stout pike (garrocha), thrusts this into the bull's back with all his force. 1957R. Campbell Portugal 110 The mounted campinos and grazers are skilled in the use of the garrocha or cattle-spear. 1967McCormick & Mascareñas Compl. Aficionado vii. 215 Mounted men pursue the calves in order to upset them with the blunt pole, or garrocha, which they carry. |