| 单词 | corrida de toros |
| 释义 | > as lemmascorrida de toros In full corrida de toros. A bullfight; bullfighting. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting or baiting animals > bullfighting or bullfight > [noun] bull-feast1688 toreador1728 bullfighting1753 bullfight1788 tauromachy1846 corrida1898 tauromachics1934 1898 Daily News 12 July 5/6 The hotels were thronged with tourists from all parts attracted by the corridas. 1921 Chambers's Jrnl. Feb. 194/2 Those who think of this country as still sleeping, ‘decadent’, given up to the corrida. 1924 Glasgow Herald 11 Oct. 4 The cruelties perpetrated in the course of a ‘corrida’. 1932 E. Hemingway Death in Afternoon iii. 31 In the modern formal bullfight or corrida de toros there are usually six bulls that are killed by three different men. 1958 Observer 27 Apr. 4/4 At each corrida, six spears called banderillas are stuck into each of six bulls. 1963 Economist 2 Feb. 404/2 A confused corrida at Brussels to decide the fate of Spain's request..will be followed by a more orthodox confrontation with Washington. < as lemmas |
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