• n. 斗牛士；王牌

來自西班牙語matador,斗牛士，來自matar,殺，來自波斯語mat,死，殺死，詞源同checkmate.-dor,人。

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.

1. The bull tossed the matador.

公牛用角把斗牛士挑起后拋入空中.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

2. Apparently sensitive to criticism, the bull forgot all about the matador and charged at the drunk.

那公牛顯然對批評話是敏感的, 所以它把斗牛士全忘記了,向那醉漢沖了過去.

來自《用法詞典》

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.

當時那公牛正忙著與斗牛士搏斗, 但是它突然看到了那個醉漢,而那醉漢正在說些粗魯?shù)脑u論話,而且揮舞著一頂紅色的帽子.

來自《用法詞典》

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.

當時那公牛正忙著與斗牛士搏斗，但是它突然看到了那個醉漢，而那醉漢正在說些粗魯?shù)脑u論話，而且揮舞著一頂紅色的帽子。

來自辭典例句

5. Laird treated this clumsy procedure the way a matador handles the lunges of a bill.

萊爾德對這笨拙做法的處理,就象一個斗牛士對付一頭牛的沖擊一樣.

來自辭典例句