gauntlet
英 ['g??ntl?t]
美['g?ntl?t]
- n. 長手套；（古時士兵戴的）金屬護(hù)手；夾道鞭笞的刑罰；交叉射擊；嚴(yán)酷考驗(yàn)
英英釋意
- 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