| 单词 | gauntlet |
| 释义 | gauntlet noun[C] uk/ˈɡɔːnt.lət/us/ˈɡɑːnt.lət/along,thickglove(=handcovering),wornforprotection 长手套；防护手套 Leon Harris/Cultura/GettyImages Protective clothing
Idiomsrun the gauntlet take/pick up the gauntlet throw down the gauntlet gauntlet| American Dictionarygauntlet noun[C] us/ˈɡɔnt·lət,ˈɡɑnt-/alongthickglove(=coveringfor thehand),wornforprotection Examplesofgauntletgauntlet In recognition of the dangers otherwise involved, masks, protective clothing (normally white) and gauntlets are worn. From theCambridge English Corpus The party did not throw down thegauntletand agitate in the army. From theCambridge English Corpus With storytellers' lives, it seems, agauntletof challenge is thrown down for the organization under investigation. From theCambridge English Corpus I have to wonder whether and how the player is supposed to recognize thegauntletbeing thrown down here. From theCambridge English Corpus No need to take up thegauntletthrown down by the faculty-centred conservatism defeater. From theCambridge English Corpus The fresco offers a narrative of achievement, of effective protection: the criminal caught, the knight'sgauntletthrown down in defense of the weak. From theCambridge English Corpus The complexity of the theoretical system makes this a real challenge, but its appeal makes it worth taking up thegauntlet. From theCambridge English Corpus They recognized that some of their objectives could be reached by administrative action without running thegauntletof the legislative process. From theCambridge English Corpus When war fortuitously brought the opportunity to expunge the savage and end that threat, they took up thegauntletwith an unprecedented ferocity. From theCambridge English Corpus The issues in adolescence and young people with cancer run thegauntletfrom physical to psychological. From theCambridge English Corpus As wind or water turned the cylinder, the rags were drawn through thegauntletof opposed metal and shredded. From theCambridge English Corpus Clearly thegauntlethad been thrown down. From theCambridge English Corpus More than the poets, however, it was the 1930s writers of novels and short stories who picked up that key modernistgauntlet-the quest for an integrated personality. From theCambridge English Corpus Who will pick up thegauntlet? From theCambridge English Corpus Taylor himself meanwhile is simultaneously more radical in his account of incommensurability and less malleable in his stance towards the other (presumably throwing down thegauntletto 'soft' relativists). From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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