• n. 遠(yuǎn)足；短途旅游
• vi. 遠(yuǎn)足；作短途旅游

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，后來(lái)用于指短途旅行，游覽，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(lái)自《現(xiàn)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(gè)星期天到海濱或山上去游覽的人不同情那些辛辛苦苦的個(gè)體經(jīng)營(yíng)者 呢 ?

來(lái)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(lái)自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)

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

她到城里游逛去了.

來(lái)自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)