gantlets是什么意思

2023-12-27 12:23:17

gantlets

美[gɔːntlɪt] 英[gɔːntlɪt]

n. 长手套；夹笞刑

sp. =gauntlet.

过去式：gantleted 过去分词：gantleted 现在分词：gantleting 第三人称单数：gantlets

近义词：gauntlet，

Noun

to offer or accept a challenge;
"threw down the gauntlet" "took up the gauntlet"
a glove of armored leather; protects the hand
a glove with long sleeve
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
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