jaunt
英 [d???nt]
美
- n. 遠(yuǎn)足；短途旅游
- vi. 遠(yuǎn)足；作短途旅游
暢通詞匯GRE
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?jaunts;
助記提示
1. 接姑姑，小龍女短途旅行歸來，楊過興高采烈地去接姑姑。
中文詞源
jaunt 短途旅行
詞源不詳，可能同jump,跳。引申詞義顛簸，痛苦的行程，這也是該詞原先的詞義，后來用于指短途旅行，游覽，歡快的行程。字母m,n音變，比較home,haunt,lamp,lantern.
英文詞源
- jaunt (n.)
- 1670s in modern sense of "short pleasure trip," earlier "tiresome journey" (1590s), earlier as a verb, "tire a horse by riding back and forth on it" (1560s), of unknown origin, perhaps from some obscure Old French word. As a verb in the modern sense from 1640s. Related: Jaunted; jaunting.
雙語例句
- 1. They are off for a day's jaunt to the beach.
- 他們出去到海邊玩一天.
來自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 2. Who, on a Sunday jaunt to the shore or mountains, has not pitied some self - employed drudge?
- 哪一個(gè)星期天到海濱或山上去游覽的人不同情那些辛辛苦苦的個(gè)體經(jīng)營者 呢 ?
來自辭典例句
- 3. They jaunt about quite a lot, especially during the summer.
- 他們常常到處閑逛, 夏天更是如此.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
- 4. She's gone on a jaunt into town.
- 她到城里游逛去了.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)