jaunt

pronunciation

UK [dʒɔ:nt]word uk audio image

US [dʒɔnt, dʒɑnt] word us audio image

  • n.
    游览
  • vi.
    去游览

Word Origin

jaunt 短途旅行

词源不详,可能同jump,跳。引申词义颠簸,痛苦的行程,这也是该词原先的词义,后来用于指短途旅行,游览,欢快的行程。字母m,n音变,比较home,haunt,lamp,lantern.

Example

1. A child 's jaunt on a tricycle might become quite exciting .
骑三轮车来远足的孩子见到此景或许会异常兴奋。
2. She may never come back from her next little jaunt .
她这一趟可能就再也回不来了。
3. Sweetheart , could you take the garbage jaunt ?
亲爱的,你能把这些垃圾拿走吗?
4. She 's gone on a jaunt into town .
她到城里游逛去了。
5. The source of this interest was once again her facebook page which , the turks were happy to report , included pictures of a recent jaunt to istanbul .
兴趣的来源又是一次来源于她的facebook页面;在其中,土耳其人很高兴的报告其包含了最近一次去伊斯坦布尔的短途旅游图片。

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