throw down the gauntlet

短语

挑战,邀请比赛

发音

US

词形变化

threw down the gauntlet throwing down the gauntlet thrown down the gauntlet throws down the gauntlet 三单 throws down the gauntlet throwing down the gauntlet 现在分词 threw down the gauntlet 过去式 thrown down the gauntlet 过去式 thrown down the gauntlet 过去分词

别名

throw down the gantlet

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To issue a challenge.

    挑战

    习语

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).

来源：wiktionary