单词 | toreador |
释义 | toreadorn. a. One who engages in a (Spanish) bullfight, esp. on horseback; a bullfighter. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting or baiting animals > bullfighting or bullfight > [noun] > bullfighter > types of toreador1618 matador1681 torero1728 picador1775 banderillero1797 rejoneador1834 tauricide1845 espada1882 lidiador1893 peon1923 pic1925 pic1926 1618 T. Lorkin in R. F. Williams Birch's Court & Times James I (1848) (modernized text) II. 82 The Conde de Cantilliana, that excellent Toreador, hath stolen away the wife of a Procurador de Corte. 1797 Encycl. Brit. III. 771/1 When the price of the horses and bulls, and the wages of the Torreadores, have been paid. 1823 Ld. Byron Age of Bronze vii. 19 Up! up again! undaunted Tauridor! 1825 T. Hook Sayings & Doings 2nd Ser. III. 263 As the Matador puts the finishing stroke to the..victim of the lighter efforts of the Picadores and Torreadores who have preceded him. 1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 3 June 3/2 The entertainment commenced with a flourish of trumpets as the tauréadors, five in number, marched in, bowed to the public, and ranged themselves. b. Used for ‘bullfight’. Obsolete. 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 1728 Mem. Eng. Officer 304 A Diversion less to be complained of than their Tauridores; because attended with less Cruelty to the Beast, as well as Danger to the Spectator. Compounds C1. attributive: esp. in fancy names of styles of women's hats or dresses. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > other smalleOE lightc1230 round1402 side-necked1430 wanton1489 Spanish1530 tucked1530 lustya1555 civil1582 open-breasted1598 full1601 everlasting1607 sheeten1611 nothinga1616 burly1651 pin-up1677 slouching1691 double-breasted1701 negligée1718 translated1727 uniform1746 undress1777 single-breasted1796 unworn1798 mamalone1799 costumic1801 safeguard1822 Tom and Jerry1830 lightweight1837 fancy dress1844 wrap-1845 hen-skin1846 Mary Stuart1846 well-cut1849 mousquetaire1851 empire1852 costumary1853 solid1859 spring weight1869 Henri II1870 western1881 hard-boiled1882 man-of-war1883 Henley1886 demi-season1890 Gretchen1890 toreador1892 crossover1893 French cut1896 drifty1897 boxy1898 Buster Brown1902 Romney1903 modistic1907 Peter Pan1908 classic1909 Fauntleroy1911 baby doll1912 flared1928 flare1929 tuck-in1929 unpressed1932 Edwardian1934 swingy1937 topless1937 wraparound1937 dressed-down1939 cover-up1942 Sun Yat-sen1942 utility1942 non-utility1948 sudsable1951 off-the-shoulder1953 peasant1953 flareless1954 A-line1955 matador1955 stretch1956 wash-and-wear1959 layered1962 Tom Jones1964 Carnaby Street1965 Action Man1966 Mao-style1967 wear-dated1968 thermal1970 bondage1980 swaggery1980 hoochie1990 mitumba1990 kinderwhore1994 1892 Daily News 14 Nov. 6/3 The Zouave is as great a favourite as it has been for some seasons, and though it varies in form—being sometimes a bolero, sometimes a toreador, and sometimes a cross between an Eton jacket and a Zouave. 1899 Westm. Gaz. 5 Oct. 3/2 The toreador toque is another very popular species just now—a toque, or really a hat, of rounded crown and rounded brim that is always much tilted to one side by a broad bandeau. C2. toreador pants n. chiefly U.S. women's tight-fitting trousers, tapering to mid-calf. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and lower body > [noun] > trousers > types of > close-fitting overall1776 pantaloon1798 tights1827 jeans1843 stovepipe1863 strides1889 drainpipe1950 Capri pants1956 toreador pants1956 yoga pants1973 leggings1977 1956 E. Bain Mugger x. 83 She wore a white blouse, and black toreador pants, which tapered down to her naked ankles and feet. 1960 ‘A. Burgess’ Right to Answer ii. 22 Veronica..went off, slim as a blade in toreador pants. 1974 R. B. Parker God save Child vi. 48 She was dressed for a bull fight. Tight gold toreador pants... A ruffled red shirt,..a bronze wide-brimmed vaquero hat. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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