| 单词 | matador |
| 释义 | matador /mat"euh dawr'/, n. 1. the 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. one of the principal cards in skat and certain other games. 3. (cap.) a jet-powered U.S. surface-to-surface missile. [1665-75; < Sp, equiv. to mata(r) to kill (perh. < VL *mattare, presumed deriv. of LL mattus soft, weak; cf. MATTE1) + -dor -TOR] |
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