gauntlets

英 [ˈgɔːntlɪts]

美 [ˈgɔntləts]

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
gauntlet的复数

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。

双语例句

• Motorcyclists with leather gauntlets are waiting for the start of the game.
  戴着皮护手套的摩托车手们正在等待比赛开始。
• But she wanted to give him something more personal, something a wife could give a husband, a shirt, a pair of gauntlets, a hat.
  但是她还想送给他一些更亲近的东西，像妻子送给丈夫的东西，如衬衫、手套，帽子之类。
• The Village Enterprise of China after Acceding to WTO: Gauntlets, Opportunities and Countermeasures
  入世后的中国乡镇企业：挑战、机遇与对策
• Torch-light gleamed off the steel claws that jutted from their gauntlets.
  火炬的光芒照在他们突出于护手的金刚爪闪烁不明。