English-Thai Dictionary

gaunt

ADJ ผอมเกร็ง  ผอมแห้ง  emaciated skinny fat obese plump pom-kreng

 

gaunt

ADJ แข็งทื่อ  ไร้ ชีวิตชีวา  ซึ่ง ไม่น่า มอง  haggard lively kang-tue

 

gauntlet

N ถุงมือ ยาว  glove mitten tuang-mue-yao

 

gauntly

ADV ผอมเกร็ง  ผอมแห้ง  pom-kreng

 

gauntry

N ขาหยั่ง ตั้ง กล้อง  โครง เหล็ก ซึ่ง ติด สัญญาณ ไฟ เหนือ ทางรถไฟ  gantry ka-yang-tang-klong

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

GAUNT, GANT

a.gant. Vacant; hollow; empty, as an animal after long fasting; hence, lean; meager; thin; slender.

 

GAUNTLY

adv. gant'ly. Leanly; meagerly.

 

GAUNTLET

n.[See Gantlet. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

GAUNT

Gaunt, a. Etym: [Cf. Norw. gand a thin pointed stick, a tall and thin man, and W. gwan weak. ]

 

Defn: Attenuated, as with fasting or suffering; lean; meager; pinched and grim. "The gaunt mastiff. " Pope. A mysterious but visible pestilence, striding gaunt and fleshless across our land. Nichols.

 

GAUNTLET

GAUNTLET Gaunt "let, n. (Mil. )

 

Defn: See Gantlet.

 

GAUNTLET

Gaunt "let, n. Etym: [F. gantelet, dim. of gant glove, LL. wantus, of Teutonic origin; cf. D. want, Sw. & Dan. vante, Icel. vöttr, for vantr.]

 

1. A glove of such material that it defends the hand from wounds.

 

Note: The gauntlet of the Middle Ages was sometimes of chain mail, sometimes of leather partly covered with plates, scales, etc. , of metal sewed to it, and, in the 14th century, became a glove of small steel plates, carefully articulated and covering the whole hand except the palm and the inside of the fingers.

 

2. A long glove, covering the wrist.

 

3. (Naut. )

 

Defn: A rope on which hammocks or clothes are hung for drying. To take up the gauntlet, to accept a challenge. -- To throw down the gauntlet, to offer or send a challenge. The gauntlet or glove was thrown down by the knight challenging, and was taken up by the one who accepted the challenge; -- hence the phrases.

 

GAUNTLETTED

GAUNTLETTED Gaunt "lett *ed, a.

 

Defn: Wearing a gauntlet.

 

GAUNTLY

GAUNTLY Gaunt "ly, adv.

 

Defn: In a gaunt manner; meagerly.

 

GAUNTREE; GAUNTRY

Gaun "tree, Gaun "try, n. Etym: [F. chantier, LL. cantarium, fr. L.canterius trellis, sort of frame. ]

 

1. A frame for supporting barrels in a cellar or elsewhere. Sir W. Scott.

 

2. (Engin. )

 

Defn: A scaffolding or frame carrying a crane or other structure. Knight.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

Gaunt

Gaunt |gônt ɡɔnt | former name of Ghent.

 

gaunt

gaunt |gônt ɡɔnt | ▶adjective (of a person ) lean and haggard, esp. because of suffering, hunger, or age. • (of a building or place ) grim or desolate in appearance. DERIVATIVES gaunt ly adverb, gaunt ness noun ORIGIN late Middle English: of unknown origin.

 

Gaunt, John of

Gaunt, John of |ɡɔnt gônt | see John of Gaunt.

 

gauntlet

gaunt let 1 |ˈgôntlit, ˈgänt -ˌɡɔntlɪt | ▶noun a stout glove with a long loose wrist. • historical an armored glove, as worn by a medieval knight. • the part of a glove covering the wrist. PHRASES take up (or throw down ) the gauntlet accept (or issue ) a challenge. [from the medieval custom of issuing a challenge by throwing one's gauntlet to the ground; whoever picked it up was deemed to have accepted the challenge. ]ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French gantelet, diminutive of gant ‘glove, ’ of Germanic origin.

 

gauntlet

gaunt let 2 |ˈɡɔːntlɪt ˈgôntlit |(also gantlet |ˈgantlit, ˈgônt -|) ▶noun (in phrase run the gauntlet ) 1 go through an intimidating or dangerous crowd, place, or experience in order to reach a goal: they had to run the gauntlet of television cameras. 2 historical undergo the military punishment of receiving blows while running between two rows of men with sticks. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: alteration of gantlope (from Swedish gatlopp, from gata ‘lane ’ + lopp ‘course ’) by association with gauntlet 1 .

 

Oxford Dictionary

Gaunt

Gaunt |gɔːnt | former name for Ghent.

 

gaunt

gaunt |gɔːnt | ▶adjective (of a person ) lean and haggard, especially because of suffering, hunger, or age. • (of a building or place ) grim or desolate in appearance. DERIVATIVES gauntly adverb, gauntness noun ORIGIN late Middle English: of unknown origin.

 

Gaunt, John of

Gaunt |gɔːnt | see John of Gaunt.

 

gauntlet

gauntlet 1 |ˈgɔːntlɪt | ▶noun a strong glove with a long, loose wrist. • historical an armoured glove. • the part of a glove covering the wrist. PHRASES take up (or throw down ) the gauntlet accept (or issue ) a challenge. [from the medieval custom of issuing a challenge by throwing one's gauntlet to the ground; whoever picked it up was deemed to have accepted the challenge. ]ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French gantelet, diminutive of gant ‘glove ’, of Germanic origin.

 

gauntlet

gauntlet 2 |ˈgɔːntlɪt |(US also gantlet ) ▶noun (in phrase run the gauntlet ) 1 go through an intimidating or dangerous crowd or experience in order to reach a goal: she had to run the gauntlet of male autograph seekers. 2 historical undergo the military punishment of receiving blows while running between two rows of men with sticks. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: alteration of gantlope (from Swedish gatlopp, from gata ‘lane ’ + lopp ‘course ’) by association with gauntlet 1 .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

gaunt

gaunt adjective 1 a gaunt, graying man: haggard, drawn, thin, lean, skinny, spindly, spare, bony, angular, rawboned, pinched, hollow-cheeked, scrawny, scraggy, as thin as a rail, cadaverous, skeletal, emaciated, skin-and-bones; wasted, withered, etiolated; informal like a bag of bones; dated spindle-shanked. ANTONYMS plump. 2 the gaunt ruin of the dark tower: bleak, stark, desolate, bare, gloomy, dismal, somber, grim, stern, harsh, forbidding, uninviting, cheerless. ANTONYMS cheerful. WORD TOOLKIT See thin . Word Toolkits illustrate the difference between close synonyms by means of words typically used with them.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

gaunt

gaunt adjective 1 a gaunt, greying man with thick spectacles: haggard, drawn, cadaverous, skeletal, emaciated, skin-and-bones, skinny, spindly, thin, over-thin, size-zero, spare, bony, angular, lank, lean, raw-boned, pinched, hollow-cheeked, hollow-eyed, lantern-jawed, scrawny, scraggy, shrivelled, wasted, withered, raddled; as thin as a rake, as thin as a reed, without an ounce of fat; informal looking like death warmed up, looking like a bag of bones; dated spindle-shanked; archaic starveling. ANTONYMS plump. 2 the gaunt ruin of Pendragon Castle: bleak, stark, barren, bare, drab, desolate, dreary, dismal, gloomy, sombre, forlorn, grim, stern, harsh, forbidding, uninviting, unwelcoming, cheerless. ANTONYMS cheerful. WORD TOOLKIT gaunt See thin . Word Toolkits illustrate the difference between close synonyms by means of words typically used with them.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

gaunt

gaunt /ɡɔːnt /形容詞 1 〈人が 〉 (飢えや病気などで )やせこけた, やつれた .2 〈場所 建物が 〉荒涼とした, 殺伐とした ; 気味の悪い .g á unt ly 副詞 g á unt ness 名詞

 

gauntlet

gaunt let 1 /ɡɔ́ːntlət /名詞 C 1 (中世騎士の )籠手 （こて ）.2 (乗馬用 運転用などの丈夫な )長手袋 .take [pick ] ù p the g á untlet 1 挑戦に応じる 〘中世騎士が籠手を投げ, 拾った者が挑戦に応じた習慣から 〙.2 (人を )弁護する .throw [fling ] d ò wn the g á untlet 挑戦する .

 

gauntlet

gaunt let 2 名詞 C (昔軍隊で行われた )むち打ちの刑 〘2列に並ぶ人々の間を走らせて, 両側からむち打った 〙. r ù n the g á untlet 1 むち打ちの刑を受ける .2 (多くの人々の )激しい攻撃 [非難 ]を受ける, 困難に遭う .