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单词 gauntlet
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(gɔːntlɪt)
Word forms: plural gauntlets
1. countable noun [usually plural]
Gauntlets are long, thick, protective gloves.
...a pair of black leather driving gauntlets.
2. 
See pick/take up the gauntlet
3. 
See to run the gauntlet
4. 
See to throw down the gauntlet

gauntlet in British English 1

(ˈɡɔːntlɪt) or gantlet
noun
1. 
a medieval armoured leather glove
2. 
a heavy glove with a long cuff
3.  take up the gauntlet
4.  throw down the gauntlet
Word origin
C15: from Old French gantelet, diminutive of gant glove, of Germanic origin

gauntlet in British English 2

(ˈɡɔːntlɪt)
noun
1. 
a punishment in which victims are forced to run between two rows of people who strike at them as they pass: formerly a military punishment
2.  run the gauntlet
3. 
a testing ordeal; trial
4.  a variant spelling of gantlet1 (sense 1)
Word origin
C15: changed (through influence of gauntlet1) from earlier gantlope; see gantlet1

gauntlet in American English 1

(ˈgɔntlɪt; ˈgɑntlɪt)
noun
1. 
a medieval glove, usually of leather covered with metal plates, worn by knights in armor to protect the hand in combat
2. 
a. 
a long glove with a flaring cuff covering the lower part of the arm
b. 
the flaring cuff
Idioms:
take up the gauntlet
throw down the gauntlet
Word origin
ME < OFr gantelet, dim. of gant, a glove < Frank *want, a mitten, akin to EFris wante

gauntlet in American English 2

(ˈgɔntlɪt; ˈgɑntlɪt)
noun see gantlet1 (sense 1)

More idioms containing
gauntlet

throw down the gauntlet
take up the gauntlet
run the gauntlet

Examples of 'gauntlet' in a sentence
gauntlet

And then having to run the gauntlet of a vegan protest.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Women politicians often run the gauntlet, from contempt to overt harassment.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Now it's time to lay down the gauntlet.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It seemed a gauntlet thrown down to the modern world.
Hebblethwaite, Peter Paul VI - The First Modern Pope (1993)
In a sense the gauntlet has been thrown down.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Brunt picked up the gauntlet thrown down by his captain.
The Sun (2006)
Yet the player was more than prepared to run the gauntlet.
The Sun (2010)
The old gauntlet must be run again.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
His charge is at his best when the gauntlet strikes his face.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Talk about throwing down the gauntlet.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The bank will make the promise today, throwing down the gauntlet to a sector plagued by incompetence and delays.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Let's lay down the gauntlet.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Instead the global star will be made to run the gauntlet through hundreds of media, protesters and members of the public outside.
The Sun (2014)
LVG had to run the gauntlet down the touchline at the final whistle as the atmosphere turned poisonous after a terrible afternoon.
The Sun (2016)
The FSA should pick up the gauntlet and come up with a solution.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Meanwhile UK truckers continue to run a gauntlet of threats and violence as they attempt to do their jobs.
The Sun (2015)
The Prime Minister was thus throwing down the gauntlet to his internal critics.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Still, on more serious matters, he was happy to lay down the gauntlet.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
It takes all the curiosity I've got to run the gauntlet of this mob.
Eric Newby A BOOK OF LANDS AND PEOPLES (2003)

Word lists with
gauntlet

armour, Types of torture

In other languages
gauntlet

British English: gauntlet NOUN
Gauntlets are long, thick, protective gloves.
...a pair of black leather driving gauntlets.
  • American English: gauntlet
  • Brazilian Portuguese: luva
  • Chinese: 长手套
  • European Spanish: guante
  • French: gant
  • German: Stulpenhandschuh
  • Italian: guanto
  • Japanese: 長手袋
  • Korean: > 장갑보호용
  • European Portuguese: luva
  • Latin American Spanish: guante

All related terms of 'gauntlet'

run the gauntlet
to have to go through a place where people are trying to harm or humiliate you, for example by attacking you or shouting insults at you
take up the gauntlet
to respond to a challenge by showing that you accept it
to run the gauntlet
If you run the gauntlet , you go through an unpleasant experience in which a lot of people criticize or attack you.
throw down the gauntlet
to do or say something that challenges someone to take action or to compete against you
pick/take up the gauntlet
If you pick up the gauntlet or take up the gauntlet , you accept the challenge that someone has made.
to throw down the gauntlet
If you throw down the gauntlet to someone, you say or do something that challenges them to argue or compete with you.

idiom

See throw down the gauntlet

Nearby words of
gauntlet

  • gaudy
  • gauge
  • gaunt
  • gauntlet
  • gauntness
  • gauzy
  • gawk

Related terms of
gauntlet

  • throw down the gauntlet

Synonyms of 'gauntlet'

gauntlet

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