| 释义 |
‖ rejoneador Bull-fighting.|rexoneaˈdor|
Pl. -es; fem. -a.
[Sp.]
A mounted bull-fighter who places rejones (see prec.).
1926Blackw. Mag. Sept. 290/2 No small skill in horsemanship is required to be a successful rejoneador. 1932E. Hemingway Death in Afternoon iii. 31 A man who kills them [sc. bulls] on horseback with a javelin, using trained thoroughbred horses, is called a rejoneador or a caballero en plaza. 1957R. Campbell Portugal vi. 114 The great Peruvian horsewoman, the beautiful Conchita Cintron, earned immortal fame as a rejoneadora. 1957A. MacNab Bulls of Iberia x. 100 The rejoneadores..are technically deemed amateurs. 1967McCormick & Mascareñas Compl. Aficionado i. 19 Rejoneo has little to do with the true art of toreo on foot; it is too showy, and the danger is risked by the horse, not the man (rejoneador). 1973Times 5 Dec. 15/1 Women do fight in Spanish bull rings..but exclusively as rejoneadoras, from the backs of..horses. |