“cuadrilla”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

cuadrilla

释义

‖ cuadrilla|kwaˈdrɪlja|
[Sp.: see quadrille n.²]
A group or company; spec. the troupe or following of a matador.
1841G. Borrow Zincali ii. viii. 354, I alone once robbed a cuadrilla of twenty Gallégos, who were returning to their own country, after cutting the harvests of Castile.1893Chapman & Buck Wild Spain v. 67 The Espada, or Matador, receives on the day from {pstlg}120 to {pstlg}200, including the services of his cuadrilla or troupe, which consists of two picadors, three banderilleros, and a cachetero.1898Daily News 11 Aug. 7/1 The crowd, blaming the bull, instead of the toreador and his cuadrilla, insisted on that animal being killed.1932Hemingway Death in Aft. iii. 26 Each matador..has a cuadrilla, or team, of from five to six men who are paid by him and work under his orders.1934[see banderillero].1967Economist 25 Nov. 846/1 They were judged, as members of the cuadrilla (armed band), to be jointly responsible for all its acts.

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