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单词 matador
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
mat•a•dor /ˈmætəˌdɔr/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. Sportone who traditionally kills the bull in a bullfight.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
mat•a•dor  (matə dôr′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Sportthe principal bullfighter in a bullfight who passes the bull with a muleta and then, in many countries, kills it with a sword thrust;
    a torero.
  2. Gamesone of the principal cards in skat and certain other games.
  3. Military(cap.) a jet-powered U.S. surface-to-surface missile.
  • Vulgar Latin *mattāre, presumed derivative of Late Latin mattus soft, weak; compare matte1) +-dor -tor
  • Spanish, equivalent. to mata(r) to kill (perh.
  • 1665–75

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
matador /ˈmætədɔː/ n
  1. the principal bullfighter who is appointed to kill the bull
  2. (in some card games such as skat) one of the highest ranking cards
  3. a game played with dominoes in which the dots on adjacent halves must total seven
Etymology: 17th Century: from Spanish, from matar to kill
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