toreador的词源

英文词源

toreador (n.)

"bullfighter on horseback" (as opposed to a torero, who kills on foot), 1610s, from Spanish toreador, from torear "to participate in a bullfight," from toro "bull," from Latin taurus (see Taurus).

A toreador is, or rather was, a gentleman who killed bulls for his own amusement on horseback and with the spear. He was a sportsman, and his sport was as manly and respectable as pig-sticking. A professional fighter who performs in a ring and for money is a torero. ["Saturday Review," Jan. 22, 1887]

中文词源

toreador：斗牛士

来自西班牙语 toreador,斗牛士，来自 torear,斗牛，来自拉丁语 taurus,牛，来自 PIE*sta,站立， 词源同 stand,Taurus.

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