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单词 picador
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
pi•ca•dor  (pik′ə dôr′; Sp. pē′kä ᵺôr′),USA pronunciation n., pl. -dors, Sp. -do•res 
    (-ᵺô′res).USA pronunciation 
  1. Sportone of the mounted assistants to a matador, who opens the bullfight by enraging the bull and weakening its shoulder muscles with a lance.
  • Latin -ātor -ator
  • Spanish: literally, pricker, equivalent. to pic(ar) to prick (see pique1) + -ador
  • 1790–1800

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
picador /ˈpɪkəˌdɔː/ n
  1. a horseman who pricks the bull with a lance in the early stages of a fight to goad and weaken it
Etymology: 18th Century: from Spanish, literally: pricker, from picar to prick; see pique1
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