jaunt
英 [d???nt]
美
- n. 遠足；短途旅游
- vi. 遠足；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)