b :a very thick, padded covering for the hand that is worn in the sport of boxing拳击手套
a boxing glove一只拳击手套
— often used figuratively in the phrases take off the gloves and the gloves are off to say that people are beginning to criticize or attack each other in a very harsh and direct way常用作比喻,用于短语take off the gloves和the gloves are off,指准备动手打架,做好抨击准备
The candidates have taken off the gloves and started to make personal attacks against each other.候选人拉开架式开始互相抨击。
It's the end of the campaign, and the gloves are off.这是竞选活动的冲刺阶段,双方剑拔弩张。
: to catch (something, such as a baseball) in one's gloved hand
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
The quick glimpse shows two fingers in a green glove. Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 7 Sep. 2022 Two of his fingers are covered by a partial green glove. Nick Romano, EW.com, 7 Sep. 2022 Triangle could demonstrate the effectiveness of a temperature-stabilizing fabric insert for a spacesuit glove by embedding phase-change materials into microcapsules inside the material. Julia Musto, Fox News, 5 Sep. 2022 Sox left fielder Adam Engel raced over and got a glove on the ball but couldn’t hold on for the catch. Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2022 The next day, Jacobson left a baseball glove on Carden’s doorstep to seal the deal. Katcy Stephan, Variety, 13 Aug. 2022 Investigators witnessed Steinle mailing a letter while wearing a glove and after retrieving the letter, determined it to be contaminated with feces. Samantha Hendrickson, USA TODAY, 11 Aug. 2022 Investigators witnessed Steinle mailing a letter while wearing a glove and after retrieving the letter, determined it to be contaminated with feces. Samantha Hendrickson, ajc, 8 Aug. 2022 Investigators witnessed Steinle mailing a letter while wearing a glove and after retrieving the letter, determined it to be contaminated with feces. Samantha Hendrickson, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Aug. 2022
Verb
Gimenez, ranging over from second base, glove it and tried to make a jump throw to first. Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 19 June 2022 Peraza came in a few steps on the ball, then had to jump up and make a stabbing overhead grab to glove it.San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 June 2022 There’s a whole Wikipedia page dedicated to glove fetishism and collections of videos showing women wearing gloves on YouTube–ASMR audio included. Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 13 Jan. 2022 Jiménez went back to the left-field wall, jumped and reached his arm and glove over the fence, rupturing his left pectoral tendon. Chicago Tribune Staff, chicagotribune.com, 23 Dec. 2021 Goldschmidt, a three-time Gold Glove Award winner, somehow manage to glove the ball, keep his foot on the bag and pull his arm out of harm’s way to end the inning. Mike Digiovanna Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2021 Willie Mays running a country mile in the Polo Grounds to glove Vic Wertz’s majestic drive, and Jim Edmonds sprinted well into left-center in Game 7 of the 2004 NLCS for a diving, full-extension snag over his left shoulder. John Shea, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Oct. 2021 After Eovaldi was lifted — trailing 6-0 with two runners aboard — first baseman Kyle Schwarber failed to glove a sky-high pop up, allowing a seventh Yankee to cross the plate.BostonGlobe.com, 24 Sep. 2021 Catcher Kurt Suzuki could not glove an inside pitch that advanced the runners. Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 Sep. 2021 See More
Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English, from Old English glōf; akin to Old Norse glōfi glove
First Known Use
Noun
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
ADJECTIVE | ... OF GLOVES | VERB + GLOVE | GLOVE + NOUNADJECTIVE➤long長手套▸➤fingerless無指手套▸➤protective防護手套▸➤cotton, kid (oftenfigurative) , latex, leather, plastic, rubber, woollen/woolen棉手套;小山羊皮手套(喻小心翼翼);乳膠手套;皮手套;塑料手套;橡膠手套;羊毛手套◇Treat her with kid gloves-she's very sensitive.和她接觸要小心謹慎 - 她很敏感。➤baseball, boxing, driving, evening, gardening, oven, surgical棒球/拳擊/駕駛/晚禮服/園藝/烤箱隔熱/手術手套... OF GLOVES➤pair一副手套VERB + GLOVE➤pull on戴上手套➤peel off, pull off褪下/脫下手套◇She pulled off her glove to reveal a wedding ring.她褪下手套露出她的結婚戒指。GLOVE + NOUN➤box, compartment手套箱;汽車貯物箱◇Don't keep important documents in the glove compartment of your car.不要把重要文件放到車上的貯物箱裏。➡ topic at clothes