单词 | novillo |
释义 | novillon. Bullfighting. A young bull; spec. a fighting bull not more than three years old. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > bull > [noun] > young bullocka1000 bulchin1330 ox calfa1450 bulkin1600 hog bull1811 novillo1831 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > bull > [noun] > used in bull-fighting novillo1831 toro1932 1831 ‘Young American’ Year in Spain I. vii. 279 The bull..bore the name of novillo. 1846 R. Ford Gatherings from Spain xxi. 292 The villagers..amuse themselves with baiting novillos, or bull-youngsters—calves of one year old. 1867 Catholic World Aug. 599/2 Combats with ‘novillos’, or young bulls, whose horns are tipped to avoid accidents, are a common amusement among the young aristocracy. 1925 E. Hemingway Undefeated in This Quarter ii. 205 You can..kill two novillos... Whatever stuff they've got in the corrals. 1967 J. McCormick & M. S. Mascareñas Compl. Aficionado ii. 32 The neophyte..while gaining experience, faces not toros (four-year-olds and up) but novillos (three-year-olds). 1991 T. Mitchell Blood Sport iii. 98 He killed his first brave calf at age sixteen and was killing novillos (young bulls) by 1965. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1831 |
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