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gauntlet

/gawnt-lit, gahnt-/US // ˈgɔnt lɪt, ˈgɑnt- //UK // (ˈɡɔːntlɪt) //

铠甲,盔甲,障碍物,铠装

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a medieval glove, as of mail or plate, worn by a knight in armor to protect the hand.
    • : a glove with an extended cuff for the wrist.
    • : the cuff itself.

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Examples

  • Both cases, you’ve got to run through this gauntlet of regulations.

  • “The politics of the situation here is that this is Paytm throwing down the gauntlet to Google,” Medianama notes.

  • Which means SaaS and cloud companies have made it through a somewhat steep gauntlet largely unscathed.

  • Two teams are competing for the chance to go through that gauntlet to get the deal.

  • If I’m going, it’s not to say, “Look, we’re throwing down the gauntlet, and this is now a purely adversarial relationship.”

  • The Infinity Stones are six magical stones that, when inserted into the Infinity Gauntlet, grant the wearer infinite power.

  • If she sat out 2016, the odds on favorite would probably be another veteran of the primary gauntlet, Vice President Joe Biden.

  • This group of men had formed an angry gauntlet in front of the clinic.

  • He may have reservations about going through that [gauntlet] drill again.

  • Students who survive the gauntlet and make it into college face a whole new set of challenges.

  • He saw Black Hood's gauntlet gloved hand closed on the handle of the knife that was thrust into Joseph's neck.

  • Black Hood slapped him hard across the side of the face with his gauntlet covered hand.

  • It showed Black Hood's gauntlet covered right hand grasping the knife that was plunged into Joseph's throat.

  • He had run the gauntlet through rows of pointed steel, and now new horrors awaited him.

  • Go either way, and he in the majority of instances must run the gauntlet of the slave states.