gauntlet是什么意思？

gauntlet

英[ˈgɔ:ntlət] 美[ˈɡɔntlɪt, ˈɡɑnt-]

• n. （中世纪武士用的）金属手套，（骑马，击剑等用的）长手套，交叉射击，严酷考验；

复数：gauntlets;

例句

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。

词组

• take up (或 throw down) the gauntlet
  accept (or issue) a challenge 接受（或发出）挑战

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  长手套；防护手套
  Gauntlets are long, thick, protective gloves.
  例句
  ...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 you pick up the gauntlet or take up the gauntlet, you accept the challenge that someone has made.
  例句
  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。 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 you run the gauntlet, you go through an unpleasant experience in which a lot of people criticize or attack you.
  例句
  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 you throw down the gauntlet to someone, you say or do something that challenges them to argue or compete with you.
  例句
  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。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  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

行业词典

• 医学： 手套形绷带：像手套样包裹手和手指的绷带；
  法律： 夹笞刑；