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单词 apartado
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apartadon.

Brit. /ˌapɑːˈtɑːdəʊ/, U.S. /ˌæpɑrˈtɑˌdoʊ/
Origin: A borrowing from Spanish.
Etymology: < Spanish apartado (1852 in this sense; 1778 denoting separation in general), use as noun of apartado , past participle of apartar to separate (12th cent.) < parte part n.1
Bullfighting.
The allocation of bulls to their respective matadors and the separation of the animals into individual stalls before a bullfight (corrida).
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1875 H. J. Rose Untrodden Spain I. xxxii. 369 The object of the ‘apartado,’ or separation of the bulls, which takes place on the day of the corrida at about one o'clock, is to get each bull into one of these boxes, so that he may be let loose into the arena as he may be required.
1889 Sat. Rev. 26 Oct. 457/1 At the apartado the men study the eyes and action of the bulls more than anything else.
1932 E. Hemingway Death in Afternoon iii. 33 The apartado..is the sorting out of bulls in the corrals with the aid of steers.
1964 C. Rougvie Medal from Pamplona x. 133 Jack came over, and we arranged to meet after the apartado.
2013 Weekend Austral. (Nexis) 20 Apr. (Review section) 8 The apartado is the best way to see a fighting bull up close without running or taking up the cape and sword.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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