| 单词 | running of bulls |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrunning of (the) bulls P5. running of (the) bulls: the action or an occasion of causing bulls to run, esp. (in Spain) through the streets of a town to the bullring. ΚΠ 1839 G. Dennis Summer in Andalucia II. xiii. 319 He had entirely forgotten that a ‘running of bulls’ was to be held on the following day, and that this was the encierro. 1930 Charleston (W. Va.) Gaz. 12 Jan. 7/7 One day not even a dog barks, and the next is furious with the running of the bulls. 1960 E. Hemingway in Life 5 Sept. 85/2 That year we stayed outside of town and drove to Pamplona twenty-five miles to arrive by six-thirty each morning for the running of the bulls through the streets at seven. 1987 Rocky Mountain Rev. Lang. & Lit. 41 206 The experienced correspondent meticulously documents the madcap running of the bulls and, as the crowd swells, he is slammed against a fence, and so is physically removed from the proceedings. 2000 Hobart (Tasmania) Mercury (Nexis) 7 July 15 A young man was gored to death during a running of bulls at a festival in a small northcentral Spanish town. < as lemmas |
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