单词 | bull run |
释义 | bull runn. 1. An event in which a bull or bulls are let loose to run through the streets of a town. Cf. bull-running n., running of (the) bulls at running n. Phrases 5.Bull runs were particularly associated with the English towns of Tutbury and Stamford where they were annual events until being abolished in 1774 and 1839 respectively. Bull runs are still held in some regions of France, Portugal, and Spain, most famously in the city of Pamplona in northern Spain. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting or baiting animals > animal baiting > [noun] > bull-baiting bull-baiting1574 bull-running1622 bulling1645 bull-bait1656 bull run1788 bull-feast1824 bullfight1824 1788 Lincoln, Rutland, & Stamford Mercury 18 Jan. An order of sessions was then made to prevent the town [sc. Stamford] being stopped in future, or any bull run on the 13th of November. 1864 R. Chambers Bk. of Days II. 575/2 There could be no bull-run without a bull. 2004 Times 8 July 19/3 Pamplona: Several people were trampled..yesterday when thousands took part in the first of eight bull runs in the San Fermín festival. 2. Stock Market. A period characterized by the rising price of stock. Cf. bull market n. at bull n.1 Additions. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > [noun] > prices of stocks and shares > rise or tendency to rise rally1826 results1829 bull run1882 buoyancy1883 firming-up1896 recovery movement1896 performance1926 upside1961 1882 Daily Inter Ocean (Chicago) 3 Feb. 6/6 A bull ‘run’ is expected in this stock if the market remains strong. 1996 Economist 26 Oct. 137/1 The two-year bull run in American shares has embarrassed many a bearish fund manager. 2014 Financial Express (Nexis) 10 Jan. The company... attributes the bull run to the bottoming of economic growth and revival in corporate earnings. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022). < n.1788 |
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