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matador

/mat-uh-dawr/US // ˈmæt əˌdɔr //UK // (ˈmætədɔː) //

斗牛士,斗牛犬,猎手,大斗士

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 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.
    • : one of the principal cards in skat and certain other games.
    • : a jet-powered U.S. surface-to-surface missile.

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Examples

  • The North Dakota native is the fourth of seven children raised in the small town of Matador, pop.

  • It's a snap of the matador's red cape, a defiant baiting of Fox News and talk radio.

  • Neither Matador nor Power, known off-stage as Chan Marshall, had any additional comments.

  • A representative from her label, Matador Records, confirmed that nothing has been canceled.

  • Gerard Cosloy, who would sign the band to his Matador Records years later, criticized their early shows.

  • Perhaps Frank Harris's "Matador" gave me the impulse, together with my perpetual quest for a new experience.

  • The trick of the matador with his red cloak suggested itself in this181 moment of peril.

  • A brave hand may yet cut the "Sipo Matador," and the slayer be slain before he has quite stifled his victim.

  • She proposed that he should write her life, “starting with the assumption that she was a daughter of the famous matador, Montes.”

  • The matador foils and plays with the bull until he has discovered his disposition.