/'gæmət; `ˇæmət/
n
1 the gamut [sing] complete range or scale (of sth) 全范围; 全部
*the whole gamut of human emotions from joy to despair 人类情感包括欢乐及绝望之间的整个范围.
2 (idm 习语) run the gamut (of sth) experience or perform the complete range of sth 全过程
*In his short life he had run the entire gamut of crime, from petty theft to murder. 他在短短的一生中, 从小偷小摸到杀人, 什么罪都犯过.

n [singular]
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Medieval Latin;Origin: gamma ut, names given to the highest and lowest notes on the musical scale]
the complete range of possibilities
gamut of
　College life opened up a whole gamut of new experiences.
　Her feelings that day ran the gamut of emotions (=included all the possibilities between two extremes) .