jaunt英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

A wearisome journey. archaic

— Our Savior, meek, and with untroubled mind After his aëry jaunt, though hurried sore. Hungry and cold, betook him to his rest.
A short excursion for pleasure or refreshment; a ramble; a short journey.

— Some days later it happened that young Heriotside was stepping home over the Lang Muir about ten at night, it being his first jaunt from home since his arm had mended.

动词 v.

To ramble here and there; to stroll; to make an excursion. intransitive
To ride on a jaunting car. intransitive
To jolt; to jounce. obsolete,transitive

— To get into a Grecian car, and to be drawn, with Minerva at his back[…]four or five miles through the streets of London‥after having quietly suffered himself to be jaunted about in this manner
To tire a horse by riding it hard or back and forth. obsolete

词形变化

jaunts plural jaunts present,singular,third-person jaunting participle,present jaunted participle,past jaunted past

词汇关系

衍生词

jaunter jaunting car

词源

词源 1

Origin uncertain. Perhaps a palatalised alteration of daunt (“to discourage”). Compare Scots jaunder (“to ramble, jaunt to taunt, jeer”), dialectal Swedish ganta (“to play the buffoon, romp, jest”); perhaps akin to English jump. Compare jaunce. Modern usage likely influenced by jaunty.

词源 2

Origin uncertain. Perhaps a palatalised alteration of daunt (“to discourage”). Compare Scots jaunder (“to ramble, jaunt to taunt, jeer”), dialectal Swedish ganta (“to play the buffoon, romp, jest”); perhaps akin to English jump. Compare jaunce. Modern usage likely influenced by jaunty.