glove
Word family adjectiveglovednoungloverglovingglove compartmentglove puppetglove
Clothes
ldoce_136_gglove /ɡlʌv/ ●●● S3 W3 noun [countableC] 1 
DCCa piece of clothing that you wear on your hand in order to protect it or keep it warm 手套 → mitten
DCCa piece of clothing that you wear on your hand in order to protect it or keep it warm 手套 → mitten a pair of gloves
一副手套
boxing gloves
拳击手套
rubber/leather etc gloves 橡胶手套/皮手套等
→5 see picture at 见图 sport2. the gloves are off used to say that people are ready to begin a fight or argument 拉开架势〔表示准备好打架或争论〕
→ fit (somebody) like a glove at fit1(1), → hand in glove at hand1(34)Examples from the Corpus
the gloves are off• Now though, the gloves are off.
n COLLOCATIONS
verbs
wear gloves
Always wear gloves when gardening.
put on/pull on your gloves
Eleanor put on her gloves and stood up.
take off your gloves
Mr Brownlow took off his gloves.
a pair of gloves
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + gloveForbes pulled on a pair of black leather gloves.
rubber/leather/woollen etc gloves
Dr McIntyre was slowly removing his rubber gloves.
boxing gloves
The trainer laced up Mike's boxing gloves.
a baseball glove
He rubbed oil into his baseball glove to make it softer.
surgical gloves (=special gloves worn by doctors)
Surgical gloves help prevent the spread of germs.
gardening gloves
Gardening gloves protect your hands from being scratched or stung.
an oven glove British EnglishBrE:
Paul used the oven glove to take the hot tray out of the oven.
protective gloves
Protective gloves and a safety helmet are worn to minimize injury.
disposable gloves (=that you throw away after use)
Nurses must wear disposable gloves when handling patients.
left-hand/right-hand glove
A left-hand glove was found at the scene of the crime.
Examples from the Corpus
glove• They came into the hallway before opening it and taking out rubber surgical gloves.• He also testified to a cut or damage in another area of the glove.• You may have wondered why your dentist wears gloves and perhaps a mask when treating you.
pair of gloves• He had remembered to bring a pair of gloves, unlike me.• They try to leave with cosmetics, a pair of gloves.• Funny sort of imagination, like nothing she had met with before, pulling her inside out like a pair of gloves.• Instead he saw a pair of gloves, suspended in water and waving fleshless fingers at him.• Male speaker A pair of gloves can stop you having your fingers chopped off.
Old English glof