matador

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈma.tə.dɔː/    美 /ˈmæ.tə.dɔɹ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The person whose aim is to kill the bull in a bullfight.
    — […] few of these boys know how to fight alone, and hardly any without a knife or a gun. They are not to be equated with matadors or boxers or Hemingway heroes. They are dangerous pack hounds who will not even expose themselves singly in the outfield.
  2. A certain game of dominoes in which four dominoes (the 4-3, 5-2, 6-1, and double blank), called matadors, may be played at any time in any way. uncountable
  3. The jack of clubs, or any other trump held in sequence with it, in the game of skat.
  4. One of the three chief cards in ombre and quadrille.

词形变化

matadors plural matadores plural matadore alternative,dated

词汇关系

衍生词
matadoress matadorial
相关词
bullfighting bull ring picador tauromachy toreador

词源

Borrowed from Spanish matador (“killer”). Used in the English language as title for a bullfighter, however referred to as a torero in Spain.
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