n. ＝ gauntlet1. n. 1.(已往军队中使犯人走在两排人中间受鞭打的)夹笞刑。 2.交叉射击，交叉火网。 3.【铁路】(二线经过桥或隧道时的)汇合的一段轨道，套式轨道的套叠处。 短语和例子 gantlet track 套式轨道。 run the gantlet 受夹笞刑；受夹攻，遭受严格考验。 vt. 使(轨道等)套叠。
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The crowd filed up the aisles : the aged and needy postmaster , who had seen better days ; the mayor and his wife - for they had a mayor there , among other unnecessaries ; the justice of the peace ; the widow douglass , fair , smart , and forty , a generous , good - hearted soul and well - to - do , her hill mansion the only palace in the town , and the most hospitable and much the most lavish in the matter of festivities that st . petersburg could boast ; the bent and venerable major and mrs . ward ; lawyer riverson , the new notable from a distance ; next the belle of the village , followed by a troop of lawn - clad and ribbon - decked young heart - breakers ; then all the young clerks in town in a body - for they had stood in the vestibule sucking their cane - heads , a circling wall of oiled and simpering admirers , till the last girl had run their gantlet ; and last of all came the model boy , willie mufferson , taking as heedful care of his mother as if she were cut glass 人们簇拥着顺着过道往里走：有上了年纪的贫苦的邮政局局长，他曾经是过过好日子的有镇长和他的太太这地方竟然还有个镇长，这和其他许多没有必要的摆设一样有治安法官有道格拉斯寡妇，她来岁，长得小巧而美丽，为人宽厚，慷慨大方而又心地善良，生活还算富裕，她山上的住宅是镇上唯一漂亮讲究的，可算得上殿堂，每逢节庆日，她可是圣彼德堡镇上人们引以为荣的最热情好客最乐善好施的人有驼背的德高望重的华德少校和他的夫人还有维尔逊律师，一位远道而来的新贵客。再下面就是镇上的大美人，后面跟着一大帮穿细麻布衣服扎着缎带的让人害单相思病的年轻姑娘。跟在她们后里的是镇上所有年轻的店员和职员，他们一涌而进原来他们是一群如痴如醉的爱慕者，开始都站在门廊里，嘬着自己的手指头，围在那儿站成一道墙似的，一直到最后一个姑娘走出他们的包围圈为止。
