• gauntlet
• gauntlets

短语

• take [pick] up the gauntlet
  • ① 接受挑战,应战
• throw down the gauntlet
  • ① 挑战
  • The American colonies threw down the gauntlet to the motherland.美洲殖民地向宗主国挑战。

短语

• run the gauntlet
  • ① 受夹笞刑
  • ② 冒着危险
  • ③ 接受磨练;受严厉的攻击[批评]<of>
  • He ran the gauntlet of their criticism [scorn].他受到他们的严厉批评[尖刻嘲笑]。