matador
英 ['m?t?d??]
美['m?t?d?r]
- n. 斗牛士；王牌
GRE
词态变化
复数:?matadors;
中文词源
matador 斗牛士
来自西班牙语matador,斗牛士，来自matar,杀，来自波斯语mat,死，杀死，词源同checkmate.-dor,人。
英文词源
- matador
- matador: see mate
- matador (n.)
- man who kills the bull in a bullfight, 1670s, from Spanish matador, literally "killer," from matar "to kill or wound," probably from Arabic mata "he died," from Persian (see second element in checkmate). Fem. form is matadora.
双语例句
- 1. The bull tossed the matador.
- 公牛用角把斗牛士挑起后抛入空中.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. Apparently sensitive to criticism, the bull forgot all about the matador and charged at the drunk.
- 那公牛显然对批评话是敏感的, 所以它把斗牛士全忘记了,向那醉汉冲了过去.
来自《用法词典》
- 3. The bull was busy with the matador at the time, but It'suddenly caught sight of the drunk who was shouting rude remarks and waving a red cap.
- 当时那公牛正忙着与斗牛士搏斗, 但是它突然看到了那个醉汉,而那醉汉正在说些粗鲁的评论话,而且挥舞着一顶红色的帽子.
来自《用法词典》
- 4. The bull was busy with the matador at the time,but it suddenly caught sight of the drunk who was shouting rude remarks and waving a red cap.
- 当时那公牛正忙着与斗牛士搏斗，但是它突然看到了那个醉汉，而那醉汉正在说些粗鲁的评论话，而且挥舞着一顶红色的帽子。
来自辞典例句
- 5. Laird treated this clumsy procedure the way a matador handles the lunges of a bill.
- 莱尔德对这笨拙做法的处理,就象一个斗牛士对付一头牛的冲击一样.
来自辞典例句