gauntlet

n. 铁手套, 长手套, 夹击
【医】 手套形绷带

gauntlet 也作 gant.let

n.（名词）
A protective glove worn with medieval armor.
金属护手：带有铁甲的保护性手套
A protective glove with a flared cuff, used in manual labor, in certain sports, and for driving.
护手：有宽松的套口的保护性手套，用在手工劳动和某些运动或开车中
A challenge:
挑战：
例句：
throw down the gauntlet; take up the gauntlet.
拒绝挑战；胆敢应战

A dress glove cuffed above the wrist.
长手套：礼服手套，袖口延伸至腕部以上

来源：
Middle English
中古英语
from Old French gantelet [diminutive of] gant [glove]
源自 古法语 gantelet [] gant的小后缀 [手套]
from Frankish *want
源自 法兰克语 *want

<注释>In the first and second editions ofThe American Heritage Dictionary Usage Notes explained why the spelling gauntlet is acceptable for bothgauntlet and gauntlet 2. Such has not always been the case.The story ofgauntlet , as into throw down the gauntlet, is unexciting: it comes from the Old French wordgantelet, a diminutive of gant, .glove.. From the time of its appearance in Middle English (in a work composed in 449),the word has been spelled with anau as well as an a, still a possible spelling. But the othergauntlet, as into run the gauntlet, is an alteration of the earlier English formgantlope, which came from the Swedish wordgatlopp, a compound ofgata, .lane,. and lopp, .course.. The earliest recorded form of the English word,found in '4',isgantelope, showing that alteration of the Swedish word had already occurred. The English word was then influenced by the spelling of the wordgauntlet, .glove,. and in '7' we find the first recorded instance of the spellinggauntlet for this word, althoughgantelope is found as late as 83'. From then on spellings withau and a are both found. Theau seems to have won out, although one could say that thea is preferable because it reflects the Swedish source.In regard to a word that has been so altered in form,this seems a rather fine point.
在第一和第二版的美国经典辞书 的用法说明解释了为什么拼写 gauntlet 是可接受的， 既对于gauntlet ，又对于 gauntlet 2。 情况并不总是这样。gauntlet 的故事， 如在拒绝挑战 中并不令人激动： 它来自于一法语老词gantelet ， gant 的小词缀.手套.。 自从它在中古英语出现之后（在449年编的一著作中），这个词同au 的拼写已同 a 一样仍是可能的拼写形式。 但是另一个gauntlet ， 如在接受挑战 中， 是早期英语形式gantlope 的一个变体， 其来自于一瑞典词gatlopp ， gata .巷子.和 lopp .方向.的组合。 最早的这个英语单词的记录，出现于'4'年，是gantelope ，表示这个瑞典单词的变体已出现。 这个英语单词然后被单词gauntlet .手套.的拼写所影响， 在'7'年，我们发现了gauntlet 第一个有记录的例子， 尽管gantelope 直到83'年才发现。 此后，带有au 和 a 的拼写形式都被发现过。 au 似乎占优势， 尽管一个人可能说a 更好， 因它反映了瑞典语源。说到一个形式已发生了如此变化的单词，这似乎是个好建议

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gauntlet
gauntlet 2也作 gant.let

n.（名词）


A form of punishment in which men armed with sticks or other weapons arrange themselves in two lines facing each other and beat the person forced to run between them.
夹道鞭笞的刑罚：两排人面对面站着，手持棍棒或其他武器，令一个人从其中间跑过去，同时鞭打他
The lines of men so arranged.
执行夹道鞭打刑罚者：这种安排下的人排成的队
An onslaught or attack from all sides:
夹攻：来自所有方向的打或攻击：
例句：
.The hostages . . . ran the gauntlet of insult on their way to the airport.(Harper`s)
.人质们遭到了飞机场通道两旁所有人的辱骂.(哈珀)

A severe trial; an ordeal.
严峻的考验；严肃的考验

来源：
Alteration influenced by gauntlet
受 gauntlet的影响
of gantlope
gantlope的变化
from Swedish gatlopp
源自 瑞典语 gatlopp
gata [lane] from Old Swedish * see ghô-
gata [巷子] 源自 古瑞典语 *参见 ghô-
lopp [course, running] from Middle Low German lôp
lopp [方向，逃跑] 源自 中古低地德语 lôp