throw down the gauntlet

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To issue a challenge. idiomatic
    — We might as well dispute with Dimock on a Coronation Day, as argue with these Writers. They strut, vapour, throw down the Gauntlet, and defy us to take it up.

词形变化

throws down the gauntlet present,singular,third-person throwing down the gauntlet participle,present threw down the gauntlet past thrown down the gauntlet participle,past throw down the gantlet alternative

词源

From the late medieval custom symbolizing a challenge, in French jeter le gant which nowadays usually means to give up after having tried hard (leaving the challenge to any takers). The English phrase dates to the 1540s (figurative use by the 18th century).
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