单词
gauntlet
英 ['gɔːntlɪt]
美['gɔntlət]
基本信息
- n. 长手套；（古时士兵戴的）金属护手；夹道鞭笞的刑罚；交叉射击；严酷考验
英英释意
- 1. to offer or accept a challenge;
- "threw down the gauntlet"
- "took up the gauntlet"
- 2. a glove of armored leather; protects the hand
- 3. a glove with long sleeve
- 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
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