Gauntlet
[ ['gɔ:ntlit] ]
出国 Abroad
n. 铁手套, 长手套, 夹击\\n[医] 手套形绷带
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
gauntlet
n
1 metal glove forming part of a suit of armour, worn by soldiers in the Middle Ages （中世纪武士铠甲的）金属手套.
2 strong glove with a wide covering for the wrist, used for driving, fencing, etc （驾驶、 击剑等用的）长手套, 防护手套
motorcyclists with leather gauntlets 戴著皮护手套的摩托车手. =>illus at glove 见glove插图.
3 (idm 习语) pick up/take up the `gauntlet accept a challenge 接受挑战
He was quick to take up the gauntlet thrown down by the opposition. 他立刻接受了对方提出的挑战. throw down the `gauntlet challenge sb to do sth 向某人提出挑战.
gauntlet n (idm 习语) run the `gauntlet be exposed to danger, anger, or criticism 冒险; 受气; 受批评
Before getting the proposals accepted, the government had to run the gauntlet of hostility from its own supporters. 拥护政府的人对政府进行了尖锐的抨击之後, 这些建议才得以接受.
🗣️ 情景例句
You're a real Stewart.
你是个真正的Stewart家后代。
I hope you will be able to do a good business with the Chinese as well as customers of other countries.
我希望你们能够和包括中国在内的各国客户做成交易。
No, just a few. For example, most Canadians say news [nju:z], but Americans say [nu:z]. We mainly use American words, but we use quite a lot of British words too. We fill our cars with gas, which is American, but we turn on the tap which is British En
没有，只有少数差别。例如，大多数加拿大人把news读成（nju:z），但美国人却读成（nu:z）。我们主要使用美国英语词，但是也使用很多英国英语词汇。我们给汽车加“gas（汽油）”，这是美国英语，但是我们说开“tap（龙头）”，这是英国英语。