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.
雙語例句
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(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體經(jīng)營者 呢 ?
來自辭典例句
3. They jaunt about quite a lot, especially during the summer.