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词汇 bullfight
释义 bullfight
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈbʊl.faɪt/ us /ˈbʊl.faɪt/
a traditional public entertainment, especially in Spain, in which a person fights and sometimes kills a bull (= male cow)斗牛
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Examples from literature

By this the whole matter had presented itself to them as an entertainment more diverting than bullfight or bear-baiting. 
He didn't himself agree that the bullfight was so much crueller than most organised activities of men. 
He had fallen into that lecturer's manner she had noticed on the first night at the office, when he had told them about bullfights. 
He has won twelve hundred pounds at the bullfights. 
When not thus engaged he may be seen excitedly watching a bullfight, or eagerly judging the merits of rival wrestlers, boxers, and fencers. 

bullfight | American Dictionary


bullfight
noun[ C ]
us/ˈbʊl·fɑɪt/
a traditional public entertainment in some countries where a person fights a bull, sometimes killing it with a sword

bullfighter


noun[ C ]us/ˈbʊlˌfɑɪ·t̬ər/

Examples of bullfight


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When it talks about fighting by bulls, it is clearly talking about bullfights.
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To treat bullfights in the same way as dogfights and cockfights makes no sense whatsoever.
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I truly cannot understand how practices such as fox-hunting or bullfights or cockfighting can be compatible with today's culture.
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I voted this way because the fighting bull must not be allowed to die out, and its existence is safeguarded by the institution of the bullfight.
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This does not mean that the spectacle of the bullfight and the tradition associated with it should not evolve and adapt to the moral values of the time.
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The celebrations include the strongman games, free music performances, street entertainment, bullfighting and nightly firework displays.
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Yassen captures him and enters him in a bullfight as punishment.
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The horses were originally used for classical dressage, driving, bullfighting, and as stock horses.
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Horse races, bull races, bullfights, cockfights, flying pigeons, and boat racing were once popular.
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Many other festivals are in the state, many of which display the states long tradition of bullfighting.
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He retired from bullfighting in 2006, after breaking his neck for the third time.
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While bullfighting is the reference, the two stories otherwise have nothing in common.
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The scenography of the performance is set around a saw dust arena (a reference to bullfighting) surrounded by television screens and two opposite stages.
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Other sport events are bullfighting, golf, swimming and cycling.
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This hazard is said to be central to the nature and appeal of bullfighting.
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