gauntlet

英 [ˈɡɔːntlət]

美 [ˈɡɔːntlət]

n.  (中世纪武士铠甲的)金属手套，铁手套; (驾驶等用的)长手套，防护手套

复数：gauntlets　

医学

Collins.1 / BNC.15017 / COCA.16029

习惯用语

n.

run the gauntlet
• 受严厉谴责；受夹道攻击
  to be criticized or attacked by a lot of people, especially a group of people that you have to walk through
• Some of the witnesses had to run the gauntlet of television cameras and reporters.
  一些目击者不得不在众多电视摄像机和记者的围堵下穿行。
take up the gauntlet
• 接受挑战；应战
  to accept sb's invitation to fight or compete
throw down the gauntlet
• 发出挑战
  to invite sb to fight or compete with you

牛津词典

noun

• （中世纪武士铠甲的）金属手套，铁手套
  a metal glove worn as part of a suit of armour by soldiers in the Middle Ages
• （驾驶等用的）长手套，防护手套
  a strong glove with a wide covering for the wrist, used for example when driving
  1. motorcyclists with leather gauntlets
     戴着皮护手套的摩托车手

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 长手套；防护手套
  Gauntletsare long, thick, protective gloves.
  1. ...a pair of black leather driving gauntlets.
     一副驾驶用黑色皮手套
• PHRASE 接受挑战；应战
  If youpick up the gauntletortake up the gauntlet, you accept the challenge that someone has made.
  1. She picked up the gauntlet in her incisive Keynote Address to the Conference...
     在大会主题发言中，她言辞犀利地回应挑战。
  2. Whoever decides to take up the gauntlet and challenge the Prime Minister will have a tough battle.
     谁要是接受挑战，向首相叫板，都将经历一场鏖战。
• PHRASE 受到严厉批评；受到猛烈攻击
  If yourun the gauntlet, you go through an unpleasant experience in which a lot of people criticize or attack you.
  1. The trucks tried to drive to the British base, running the gauntlet of marauding bands of gunmen.
     卡车队试图冲过几帮劫匪的火力网开赴英军基地。
• PHRASE 发出挑战；下战书
  If youthrow down the gauntlet tosomeone, you say or do something that challenges them to argue or compete with you.
  1. Luxury car firm Jaguar has thrown down the gauntlet to competitors by giving the best guarantee on the market.
     豪华轿车生产商捷豹公司推出了市场上最诱人的保修服务，向竞争对手发出了挑战。

英英释义

noun

• 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
  Synonym:gantlet
• a glove with long sleeve
  Synonym:gantlet
• a glove of armored leather
  Synonym:gantletmetal glove
• to offer or accept a challenge
  1. threw down the gauntlet
  2. took up the gauntlet
  Synonym:gantlet

双语例句

• It's either get a job or run the gauntlet of unemployment officials.
  要么找一份工作，要么去受负责失业的官员的批评。
• The assembly threw down the gauntlet to the tsar.
  与会者向沙皇发出了挑战。
• He was not one to retreat but rather one who would take up the gauntlet.
  他不是一个想退却的人，倒是一个宁愿应战的人。
• He is quick to take up the gauntlet thrown down by the opposition.
  他立刻接受了对方提出的挑战。
• The champion will soon have to defend his title again& a young American contender has thrown down the gauntlet.
  这位冠军马上又得为保持锦标而战，因为有位美国年轻的竞争者已挑战了。
• 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.
  他父母不许我再和他们的女儿谈话，因此，我知道打电话和她约会是在经受惩罚性的考验。
• They have thrown down the gauntlet to the PM by demanding a referendum.
  他们向首相挑战，要求进行公民投票。
• Once Bill threw down the gauntlet, I had to fight.
  一旦比尔提出挑战，我就得迎战。
• She picked up the gauntlet in her incisive Keynote Address to the Conference
  在大会主题发言中，她言辞犀利地回应挑战。
• Whoever decides to take up the gauntlet and challenge the Prime Minister will have a tough battle.
  谁要是接受挑战，向首相叫板，都将经历一场鏖战。