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单词 gantlet
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gantlet in British English 1

(ˈɡæntlɪt, ˈɡɔːnt-)
noun
1. 
a section of a railway where two tracks overlap
2.  US a variant spelling of gauntlet2
Word origin
C17 gantlope (modern spelling influenced by gauntlet1), from Swedish gatlopp, literally: passageway, from gata way (related to gate3) + lop course

gantlet in British English 2

(ˈɡæntlɪt, ˈɡɔːnt-)
noun
a variant of gauntlet1

gantlet in American English 1

(ˈgɔntlɪt; ˈgɑntlɪt; ˈgæntlɪt)
noun
1. 
a. 
a former military punishment in which the offender had to run between two rows of men who struck him with clubs, etc. as he passed
b. 
a series of troubles or difficulties
in these senses, now spelled equally gauntlet
2. 
a section of railroad track through a narrow passage where two lines of track overlap, one rail of each line being within the rails of the other
verb transitive
3. 
to overlap (railroad tracks) so as to make a gantlet
Idioms:
run the gantlet
Word origin
earlier gantlope < Swed gatlopp, a running down a lane < gata, lane (akin to Ger gasse: see gait) + lopp, a run, akin to leap

gantlet in American English 2

(ˈgɔntlɪt; ˈgɑntlɪt; ˈgæntlɪt)
noun
var. of
gauntlet1
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