英语词汇“manso”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组、英语词典-本地帮

单词

manso

释义

‖ manso|ˈmanso|
[Sp.]
A meek, tame, or cowardly person or animal. Also attrib. or as adj. Cf. Indio manso.
Used esp. of ‘cowardly’ bulls in Bullfighting.
1836,1860[see Indio].1912A. Conan Doyle Lost World viii. 115 ‘Yes sir, war drums,’ said Gomez, the half-breed. ‘Wild Indians, bravos, not mansos; they watch us every mile of the way; kill us if they can.’1932E. Hemingway Death in Afternoon 298 Manso, tame, mild and unwarlike; a bull which does not have the fighting blood is manso, as are also the steers called cabestros when they are trained.1952J. Marks To the Bullfight v. 58 He [sc. the president] has also a green and a red one [sc. handkerchief], which he holds over the edge of the box:..the red to condemn a cowardly manso to the stigma of black banderillas.1957A. MacNab Bulls of Iberia vii. 73 Since 1951, in Spain the ‘firing’ of manso bulls has been symbolical only;..the sticks have no fireworks.1967McCormick & Mascareñas Compl. Aficionado ii. 30 He could pick out the mansos with eighty per-cent accuracy, which is better than most toreros can do.

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