gantlet

gantlet

美 ['gɔntlɪt]  英 ['gɔ:ntlɪt]

  • n.同“gauntlet”
  • v.使(轨道等)套叠
  • 网络夹笞刑;长手套

词形变化

复数:gantlets  现在分词:gantleting  过去分词:gantleted  

英汉解释

n.
1.
同“gauntlet”
2.
(已往军队中使犯人走在两排人中间受鞭打的)夹笞刑
3.
交叉射击,交叉火网
4.
【铁路】(二线经过桥或隧道时的)汇合的一段轨道,套式轨道的套叠处
v.
1.
使(轨道等)套叠

英英解释

n.

例句

Manatees struggle for survival as the result of a gantlet of threats, from watercraft strikes to toxins in the water.

海牛(正)经受各方面威胁的考验,从水上船只的骚扰到水下毒素。

Just asking for permission to take off can involve days of bureaucratic gantlet-running, and still end in rejection.

仅仅申请起飞许可就要经历很多天的繁琐的官僚程序,还难免被拒绝。

If eggs survive coons, skunks, and moles, hatchlings must still run a gantlet of crows, bullfrogs , and snakes.

蛋即使不被浣熊、臭鼬或者鼹鼠吃掉,孵化出的小龟还是难逃乌鸦、牛蛙和蛇的袭击。