gantlet

英 ['gɔːntlɪt] 美 ['gɔːntlɪt]

• n. 长手套；夹笞刑
• =gauntlet.

英英释义

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. the convergence of two parallel railroad tracks in a narrow place; the inner rails cross and run parallel and then diverge so a train remains on its own tracks at all times

5. 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

词汇搭配

• run the gantlet 受夹击的处罚...

近反义词

【近义词】

• gauntlet 金属手套