bullfight 音标拼音: [b'ʊlf
, ɑɪt]
n . 斗牛
斗牛
bullfight n 1 :
a Spanish or Portuguese or Latin American spectacle ;
a matador baits and (
usually )
kills a bull in an arena before many spectators [
synonym : {
bullfight }, {
corrida }]
Bullfight \
Bull "
fight `\,
Bullfighting \
Bull "
fight `
ing \,
n .
a sport of great antiquity ,
in which men torment ,
and fight with ,
a bull or bulls in an arena ,
for public amusement , --
still popular in Spain ,
Portugal and Latin American .
In the Spanish version a matador kills the bull with a sword after the bull has been weakened by wounds from small barbed rods ,
and after he has displayed courage and artistic skill in causing the bull to charge many times while he stands still or nearly still .
In some versions the bull is not killed .
Occasionally the matador is wounded or killed by the bull . --
{
Bull "
fight `
er },
n .
Syn :
corrida .
[
1913 Webster PJC ]
39 Moby Thesaurus words for "
bullfight ":
action ,
aerial combat ,
affray ,
armored combat ,
battle ,
battle royal ,
brush ,
clash ,
clash of arms ,
cockfight ,
combat ,
conflict ,
dogfight ,
embroilment ,
exchange of blows ,
fight ,
fire fight ,
fray ,
ground combat ,
hand -
to -
hand combat ,
hand -
to -
hand fight ,
house -
to -
house combat ,
naval combat ,
passage of arms ,
pitched battle ,
quarrel ,
rumble ,
running fight ,
scramble ,
scrimmage ,
scuffle ,
shoving match ,
skirmish ,
stand -
up fight ,
street fight ,
struggle ,
tauromachy ,
tug -
of -
war ,
tussle
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