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- a covering for the hand worn for protection against cold or dirt and typically having separate parts for each finger and the thumb手套。
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- a padded protective covering for the hand used in boxing, cricket, baseball, and other sports（拳击、板球、棒球及其他运动中所用的）加垫防护手套。
with obj.
- informal (of a wicketkeeper, baseball catcher, etc.) catch, deflect, or touch (the ball) with one's glove〈非正式〉（板球守门员, 棒球接球手等）用戴手套的手接住（或偏击, 触碰）（球）。
短语
fit like a glove
- (of clothes) fit exactly（衣服）正好合适。
the gloves are off（或with the gloves off 或take the gloves off）
- used to express the notion that something will be done in an uncompromising or brutal way, without compunction or hesitation毫不妥协（地）, 毫不留情（地）, 毫不犹豫（地）：
for the banks chasing this growing business, the gloves are now definitely off.
对于那些正在追求这项新兴业务的银行来说, 肯定是甩开膀子大干起来了。
派生词
gloved
adjectivegloveless
adjective词源
Old English glōf, of Germanic origin.