英语词汇“like a red rag to a bull”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

2. A piece of red cloth used to provoke an animal, esp. a fowl or bull; (now chiefly figurative) a source of provocation or annoyance; something which excites violent indignation. Frequently in similative use, esp. in like a red rag to a bull.With bulls the stimulus appears to be the movement of the rag, as they are blind to the colour red.

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the mind > emotion > anger > furious anger > [noun] > action of infuriating > that which infuriates

red rag1720

red flag1845

infuriant1953

1720 Independent Whig 31 Dec. Turkey-Cocks and Pheasants fly at a red Rag.

1724 J. Trenchard & T. Gordon Cato's Lett. IV. 158 Foxes are trapann'd by Traces, Pheasants by a red Rag, and other Birds by a Whistle; and the same is true of Mankind.

1809 Times 14 Mar. 1/3 Truth to a lawyer was like a red rag to a viper—it extracted his venom.

1822 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Sept. 365/2 The Bulls of Bashan are all roaring against him, and will toss and tear him to pieces like a red rag.

1837 C. G. F. Gore Mem. Peeress I. xi. 245 They [sc. the English] have no ardour for gratuitous quarrels; they do not fire up like a turkey-cock or a Frenchman, at sight of a red rag.

1873 C. M. Yonge Pillars of House II. xviii. 151 Jack will do for himself if he tells Wilmet her eyes are violet; it is like a red rag to a bull.

1887 G. Saintsbury Hist. Elizabethan Lit. v. 167 Shakesperian clowns are believed to be red rags to some experienced playwrights.

1931 A. Christie Sittaford Myst. xxix. 230 The old boy can hardly bear the sight of me. I'm like a red rag to a bull to him.

1965 Listener 25 Nov. 874/3 Professor Allen has adopted more an ‘inquiry programme’ style to examine some of the sacred cows and red rags of American life.

1979 T. Reese & J. Flint Trick 13 23 As the bull followed the muleta—the proverbial red rag—Gitanello killed it.

2004 Diva Mar. 44/2 My dad said I was useless, which was a red rag to me. I rode a winner for another trainer in an amateur ladies's derby, so he took me on.

单词	like a red rag to a bull
释义	> as lemmas like a red rag to a bull 2. A piece of red cloth used to provoke an animal, esp. a fowl or bull; (now chiefly figurative) a source of provocation or annoyance; something which excites violent indignation. Frequently in similative use, esp. in like a red rag to a bull.With bulls the stimulus appears to be the movement of the rag, as they are blind to the colour red. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > furious anger > [noun] > action of infuriating > that which infuriates red rag1720 red flag1845 infuriant1953 1720 Independent Whig 31 Dec. Turkey-Cocks and Pheasants fly at a red Rag. 1724 J. Trenchard & T. Gordon Cato's Lett. IV. 158 Foxes are trapann'd by Traces, Pheasants by a red Rag, and other Birds by a Whistle; and the same is true of Mankind. 1809 Times 14 Mar. 1/3 Truth to a lawyer was like a red rag to a viper—it extracted his venom. 1822 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Sept. 365/2 The Bulls of Bashan are all roaring against him, and will toss and tear him to pieces like a red rag. 1837 C. G. F. Gore Mem. Peeress I. xi. 245 They [sc. the English] have no ardour for gratuitous quarrels; they do not fire up like a turkey-cock or a Frenchman, at sight of a red rag. 1873 C. M. Yonge Pillars of House II. xviii. 151 Jack will do for himself if he tells Wilmet her eyes are violet; it is like a red rag to a bull. 1887 G. Saintsbury Hist. Elizabethan Lit. v. 167 Shakesperian clowns are believed to be red rags to some experienced playwrights. 1931 A. Christie Sittaford Myst. xxix. 230 The old boy can hardly bear the sight of me. I'm like a red rag to a bull to him. 1965 Listener 25 Nov. 874/3 Professor Allen has adopted more an ‘inquiry programme’ style to examine some of the sacred cows and red rags of American life. 1979 T. Reese & J. Flint Trick 13 23 As the bull followed the muleta—the proverbial red rag—Gitanello killed it. 2004 Diva Mar. 44/2 My dad said I was useless, which was a red rag to me. I rode a winner for another trainer in an amateur ladies's derby, so he took me on. extracted from red ragn. < as lemmas
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