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Jaunt Modern Sense Earlier Aunt Dʒɔ:Nt N./V.短程旅游 英

单词 jaunt
音标 [dʒɔ:nt]
解释 n./v.短程旅游
红宝书 【英】 v./n. 短程旅游(to take a short trip for pleasure)
【同】 近形词:gaunt(憔悴 的), daunt(恐吓),taunt( 嘲弄)
【例】 a weekend jaunt / Bob took a jaunt across the town.
字源 jaunt (n.)
1670s in modern sense of "short pleasure trip," earlier "tiresome journey" (1590s), earlier as a verb, "tire a horse by riding back and forth on it" (1560s), of unknown origin, perhaps from some obscure Old French word. As a verb in the modern sense from 1640s. Related: Jaunted; jaunting.
不择手段背单词
趣味全助记 【记】journey + aunt 姨妈去旅游;joy + aunt 姨妈很高兴,因为要出去短程旅游

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