jaunt

• n. 遠足；短途旅遊
• vi. 遠足；作短途旅遊

詞源不詳，可能同jump,跳。引申詞義顛簸，痛苦的行程，這也是該詞原先的詞義，後來用於指短途旅行，遊覽，歡快的行程。字母m,n音變，比較home,haunt,lamp,lantern.

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.

1. They are off for a day's jaunt to the beach.

他們出去到海邊玩一天.

來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》

2. Who, on a Sunday jaunt to the shore or mountains, has not pitied some self - employed drudge?

哪一個星期天到海濱或山上去遊覽的人不同情那些辛辛苦苦的個體經營者 呢 ?

來自辭典例句

3. They jaunt about quite a lot, especially during the summer.

他們常常到處閑逛, 夏天更是如此.

來自互聯網

4. She's gone on a jaunt into town.

她到城裏遊逛去了.

來自互聯網