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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