| 单词 | gauntlet |
| 释义 | Related topics: Clothesgaunt·let /ˈɡɔːntlɪt $ ˈɡɒːnt-/ noun 1. throw down the gauntlet COMPETE WITH/TRY TO BEATto invite someone to fight or compete over a disagreement 发出挑战2. pick up/take up the gauntlet COMPETE WITH/TRY TO BEATto accept the invitation to fight or compete over a disagreement 接受挑战3 run the gauntlet CRITICIZEto be criticized or attacked by a lot of people 受到众人的批评[攻击] The foreign secretary ran the gauntlet of demonstrators. 外交大臣受到了游行示威者的围攻。4. [countable]DCC a long glove that covers someone’s wrist and protects their hand, for example in a factory 〔工厂等用的〕长手套，防护手套5. [countable]PMAH a glove covered in metal, used for protection by soldiers in the past 〔旧时士兵戴的〕铁手套，金属手套Examples from the Corpusgauntlet• Our players have to go through a gauntlet of fans to get to their cars.• It was a gauntlet tossed down to the concept that computer time was so precious that not a moment should be wasted.• The injury was caused by fighting with maces whilst not wearing a gauntlet.• As he went back to where the Percys were, four men wearing rubber gauntlets came carrying large aluminum cans.• They recognized that some of their objectives could be reached by administrative action without running the gauntlet of the legislative process.• The gauntlet is being thrown down by Pemex to the international community.Origin gauntlet 1. (1400-1500) French gantelet, from gant “glove”2. (1600-1700) Swedish gatlopp, from Old Swedish gata “way, road” + lop “course, run”gaunt·let nounChineseSyllable over Corpus compete invite or someone fight to to |
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