the Bull Ring
/ðə ˈbʊl rɪŋ/
/ðə ˈbʊl rɪŋ/
- a large shopping centre in Birmingham, England. It was first built in the 1960s on an old market where bulls (= male cows) used to be sold. For some people it represents a mistake of 20th-century architecture, destroying historical areas and replacing them with buildings that have no interesting features or beauty. It was itself replaced by a new shopping centre in 2003.
位于英国伯明翰的大型购物中心。它始建于1960年代一个旧市场，以前在那里出售公牛。对于某些人来说，它代表了20世纪建筑的错误，它摧毁了历史遗迹，并用没有趣味或美感的建筑物代替了它们。它本身在2003年被一个新的购物中心所取代。