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.
jaunt 双语例句
1. They are off for a day's jaunt to the beach.
他们出去到海边玩一天.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
2. Who, on a Sunday jaunt to the shore or mountains, has not pitied some self - employed drudge?
哪一个星期天到海滨或山上去游览的人不同情那些辛辛苦苦的个体经营者 呢 ?
来自辞典例句
3. They jaunt about quite a lot, especially during the summer.