| 释义 |
‖ pistolero|pɪstəˈlɛərəʊ|
[Sp.]
In Spain or other Spanish-speaking area; a gunman or gangster. Also attrib.
1937F. Borkenau Spanish Cockpit i. 30 In order to frighten the Catalan bourgeoisie..the Barcelona police actually co-operated with gangs of pistoleros, who..claimed to be revolutionaries. 1939G. Greene Lawless Roads 19 Mexico remained Catholic: it was the governing class—the politicians and pistoleros only who were anti-Catholic. 1957P. Kemp Mine were of Trouble viii. 152 He had been a wild youth..earning his living in Madrid as a pistolero for his political party, the Requetés. 1965C. D. Eby Siege of Alcázar (1966) i. 44 The pistolero phase of the rebellion had ended. 1973C. Alverson Fighting Back (1978) xiv. 80 You and your red-hot pistoleros got my kid brother nearly killed. |