名詞 gauntlet:

1. to offer or accept a challenge
   同義詞：gantlet
2. a glove of armored leather; protects the hand
   同義詞：gantlet, metal glove
3. a glove with long sleeve
   同義詞：gantlet
4. a form of punishment in which a person is forced to run between two lines of men facing each other and armed with clubs or whips to beat the victim
   同義詞：gantlet

1. He parents had told me never to speak to their daughter again, so I knew that I was running the gauntlet when I telephoned her to arrange a meeting.
   他父母不許我再和他們的女兒談話，因此，我知道打電話和她約會(huì)是在經(jīng)受懲罰性的考驗(yàn)。
2. He was quick to take up the gauntlet thrown down by the opposition.
   他立即接受了對(duì)方提出的挑戰(zhàn)。
3. Motorcyclists with leather gauntlets are waiting for the start of the game.
   戴著皮護(hù)手套的摩托車手們正在等待比賽開(kāi)始。

gauntlet 也作 gant.let

n.（名詞）
A protective glove worn with medieval armor.
金屬護(hù)手：帶有鐵甲的保護(hù)性手套
A protective glove with a flared cuff, used in manual labor, in certain sports, and for driving.
護(hù)手：有寬松的套口的保護(hù)性手套，用在手工勞動(dòng)和某些運(yùn)動(dòng)或開(kāi)車中
A challenge:
挑戰(zhàn)：
例句：
throw down the gauntlet; take up the gauntlet.
拒絕挑戰(zhàn)；膽敢應(yīng)戰(zhàn)

A dress glove cuffed above the wrist.
長(zhǎng)手套：禮服手套，袖口延伸至腕部以上

來(lái)源：
Middle English
中古英語(yǔ)
from Old French gantelet [diminutive of] gant [glove]
源自 古法語(yǔ) gantelet [] gant的小后綴 [手套]
from Frankish *want
源自 法蘭克語(yǔ) *want

<注釋>In the first and second editions ofThe American Heritage Dictionary Usage Notes explained why the spelling gauntlet is acceptable for bothgauntlet and gauntlet 2. Such has not always been the case.The story ofgauntlet , as into throw down the gauntlet, is unexciting: it comes from the Old French wordgantelet, a diminutive of gant, .glove.. From the time of its appearance in Middle English (in a work composed in 449),the word has been spelled with anau as well as an a, still a possible spelling. But the othergauntlet, as into run the gauntlet, is an alteration of the earlier English formgantlope, which came from the Swedish wordgatlopp, a compound ofgata, .lane,. and lopp, .course.. The earliest recorded form of the English word,found in '4',isgantelope, showing that alteration of the Swedish word had already occurred. The English word was then influenced by the spelling of the wordgauntlet, .glove,. and in '7' we find the first recorded instance of the spellinggauntlet for this word, althoughgantelope is found as late as 83'. From then on spellings withau and a are both found. Theau seems to have won out, although one could say that thea is preferable because it reflects the Swedish source.In regard to a word that has been so altered in form,this seems a rather fine point.
在第一和第二版的美國(guó)經(jīng)典辭書 的用法說(shuō)明解釋了為什么拼寫 gauntlet 是可接受的， 既對(duì)于gauntlet ，又對(duì)于 gauntlet 2。 情況并不總是這樣。gauntlet 的故事， 如在拒絕挑戰(zhàn) 中并不令人激動(dòng)： 它來(lái)自于一法語(yǔ)老詞gantelet ， gant 的小詞綴.手套.。 自從它在中古英語(yǔ)出現(xiàn)之后（在449年編的一著作中），這個(gè)詞同au 的拼寫已同 a 一樣仍是可能的拼寫形式。 但是另一個(gè)gauntlet ， 如在接受挑戰(zhàn) 中， 是早期英語(yǔ)形式gantlope 的一個(gè)變體， 其來(lái)自于一瑞典詞gatlopp ， gata .巷子.和 lopp .方向.的組合。 最早的這個(gè)英語(yǔ)單詞的記錄，出現(xiàn)于'4'年，是gantelope ，表示這個(gè)瑞典單詞的變體已出現(xiàn)。 這個(gè)英語(yǔ)單詞然后被單詞gauntlet .手套.的拼寫所影響， 在'7'年，我們發(fā)現(xiàn)了gauntlet 第一個(gè)有記錄的例子， 盡管gantelope 直到83'年才發(fā)現(xiàn)。 此后，帶有au 和 a 的拼寫形式都被發(fā)現(xiàn)過(guò)。 au 似乎占優(yōu)勢(shì)， 盡管一個(gè)人可能說(shuō)a 更好， 因它反映了瑞典語(yǔ)源。說(shuō)到一個(gè)形式已發(fā)生了如此變化的單詞，這似乎是個(gè)好建議

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gauntlet
gauntlet 2也作 gant.let

n.（名詞）

A form of punishment in which men armed with sticks or other weapons arrange themselves in two lines facing each other and beat the person forced to run between them.
夾道鞭笞的刑罰：兩排人面對(duì)面站著，手持棍棒或其他武器，令一個(gè)人從其中間跑過(guò)去，同時(shí)鞭打他
The lines of men so arranged.
執(zhí)行夾道鞭打刑罰者：這種安排下的人排成的隊(duì)
An onslaught or attack from all sides:
夾攻：來(lái)自所有方向的打或攻擊：
例句：
.The hostages . . . ran the gauntlet of insult on their way to the airport.(Harper`s)
.人質(zhì)們?cè)獾搅孙w機(jī)場(chǎng)通道兩旁所有人的辱罵.(哈珀)

A severe trial; an ordeal.
嚴(yán)峻的考驗(yàn)；嚴(yán)肅的考驗(yàn)

來(lái)源：
Alteration influenced by gauntlet
受 gauntlet的影響
of gantlope
gantlope的變化
from Swedish gatlopp
源自 瑞典語(yǔ) gatlopp
gata [lane] from Old Swedish * see ghô-
gata [巷子] 源自 古瑞典語(yǔ) *參見(jiàn) ghô-
lopp [course, running] from Middle Low German lôp
lopp [方向，逃跑] 源自 中古低地德語(yǔ) lôp