英语词汇run the gauntlet的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

run the gauntlet. The gauntlet in this expression was first spelled gantlope, deriving from the Swedish word gattloppe, from gat, “a narrow path,” and loppe, “run” (akin to our “lope,” “elope,” and “gallop”), which literally meant “a running of the narrow path.” Gatloppe was the name of a punishment that originated in the Swedish army. A soldier found guilty of a seri- ous offense was forced to strip naked and run between two rows of his comrades, each of whom struck him with a whip, switch, or even sword as he ran. The length of the rows depend- ed on the severity of his offense. The English observed the use of this punishment by the Germans during the Thirty Years’ War (1618–48) and saw American Indians inflict a similar punishment on captives with war clubs. They first called the torture, which often resulted in maiming, running the gantlope, nasalizing the Swedish word gatloppe, but later further corrupt- ed the key word in the phrase to gauntlet, probably because of its resemblance to the English gauntlet, for “glove.” Today the expression means to encounter trouble on all sides, to be se- verely attacked or criticized. The confusion between this gaunt- let and the gauntlet that is a glove has led some writers to spell the punishment “gantlet.” In any case, both words are pro- nounced the same way. See throw down the gauntlet.

词汇	run the gauntlet
词源	run the gauntlet. The gauntlet in this expression was first spelled gantlope, deriving from the Swedish word gattloppe, from gat, “a narrow path,” and loppe, “run” (akin to our “lope,” “elope,” and “gallop”), which literally meant “a running of the narrow path.” Gatloppe was the name of a punishment that originated in the Swedish army. A soldier found guilty of a seri- ous offense was forced to strip naked and run between two rows of his comrades, each of whom struck him with a whip, switch, or even sword as he ran. The length of the rows depend- ed on the severity of his offense. The English observed the use of this punishment by the Germans during the Thirty Years’ War (1618–48) and saw American Indians inflict a similar punishment on captives with war clubs. They first called the torture, which often resulted in maiming, running the gantlope, nasalizing the Swedish word gatloppe, but later further corrupt- ed the key word in the phrase to gauntlet, probably because of its resemblance to the English gauntlet, for “glove.” Today the expression means to encounter trouble on all sides, to be se- verely attacked or criticized. The confusion between this gaunt- let and the gauntlet that is a glove has led some writers to spell the punishment “gantlet.” In any case, both words are pro- nounced the same way. See throw down the gauntlet.
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