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单词 bullbaiting
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bullbaiting


bull·bait·ing

B0541600 (bo͝ol′bā′tĭng)n. The formerly popular sport of setting dogs to attack a chained bull and especially to seize it by the nose.

bullbaiting

(ˈbʊlˌbeɪtɪŋ) n (General Sporting Terms) a type of blood sport involving the baiting of a bull by dogs

bull•bait•ing

(ˈbʊlˌbeɪ tɪŋ)

n. the action or sport of setting dogs upon a bull in a pen or arena. [1570–80]

bullbaiting


bullbaiting,

17th-century amusement, particularly popular in England, in which trained dogs (bulldogs) attacked a tethered bull. Bullbaiting, along with bullrunning (in which the bull was run down and killed by humans), bearbaiting, cockfighting, and dogfighting, was prohibited in Great Britain by an act of Parliament in 1835.
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