gauntlet

接受嚴峻考驗、遭受連番責難run the gauntlet

Reporters made the candidate run the gauntlet of hostile questions.

記者連番拋出不友善的問題，讓候選人備受考驗。

下戰書、公開挑戰throw down the gauntlet

The new company threw down the gauntlet to its bigger rivals.

這家新公司向規模更大的對手下了戰書。

應戰、接受挑戰take up the gauntlet

Nobody was willing to take up the gauntlet and debate him.

沒有人願意應戰跟他辯論。

鐵手套、護手甲

The knight's armor included a steel gauntlet on each hand.

那名騎士的盔甲雙手各有一只鐵手套。

長手套、護腕手套

She pulled on heavy gauntlets before handling the barbed wire.

她戴上厚重的長手套才去處理有刺鐵絲網。