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单词 media vuelta
释义 media vuelta|ˈmedia ˈvwelta|
Also media-vuelte.
[Sp., lit. ‘half turn’.]
In bullfighting, a method of killing the bull by approaching from behind (see quot. 1962).
1932[see banderilla v.].1934R. Campbell Broken Record viii. 183 Don Simao uses a media-vuelte in sticking in his banderillas from horseback; that is, he takes the bull while it is turning, citing it from behind.1962B. Conrad Encycl. Bullfighting 163/1 Media vuelta... A way of placing banderillas in which the torero comes at the bull from behind, forcing the animal into a media vuelta as the man approaches.1967McCormick & Mascareñas Compl. Aficionado iv. 121 Once in a great while..you will see an aging matador, green with fear, killing a la media vuelta.
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