mantle

英 ['mæntl] 美 ['mæntl]

• n. 斗篷；覆盖物；墙的外皮；（汽灯的）纱罩；[地]地幔
• v. 覆盖；笼罩；脸红

英英释义

Noun:

1. the cloak as a symbol of authority;

   "place the mantle of authority on younger shoulders"
   

2. United States baseball player (1931-1997)

3. the layer of the earth between the crust and the core

4. anything that covers;

   "there was a blanket of snow"
   

5. (zoology) a protective layer of epidermis in mollusks or brachiopods that secretes a substance forming the shell

6. shelf that projects from wall above fireplace;

   "in Britain they call a mantel a chimneypiece"
   

7. hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)

8. a sleeveless garment like a cloak but shorter

Verb:

1. spread over a surface, like a mantle

2. cover like a mantle;

   "The ivy mantles the building"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The light loose mantle was thrown over his tunic.
   一件轻质宽大的斗蓬披在上衣外面。
2. The earth had donned her mantle of brightest green.
   大地披上了苍翠欲滴的绿色斗篷。
3. The mountain was covered with a mantle of snow.
   山上覆盖着一层雪。
4. The earth has a core and a mantle around it.
   地球的中心是地核，地核的周围是地幔。

用作动词 (v.)

1. Snow mantled the hills.
   雪覆盖着丘陵。
2. The whole city is in a mantle of dense mist.
   整个城市笼罩在一层迷雾之中。
3. Her face was mantled in joy.
   她的脸快乐得通红。

经典引文

• He had taken upon himself the mantle of Health Officer.

  出自： R. Dahl

• Since Freud's death the mantle had mutually descended on Anna Freud and Ernest Jones.

  出自： V. Brome

• The mourning-stole no more Mantled her form.

  出自： M. Arnold

• This frenzy of solitude which mantles me now.

  出自： M. Amis

• Clouds mantled the white hills.

  出自： R. Carver

词汇搭配

• mantle filter 罩式滤器
• mantle segment 套膜节
• mantle region 套膜节
• mantle fiber 套丝
• mantle cavity 外套腔
• mantle fold 套膜褶,盖层褶皱...
• sedimentary mantle 沉积覆盖层,沉积盖层...
• mantle dentin 罩牙本质
• mantle ring 垫环,支圈
• inner mantle 地幔深部
• heating mantle 加热罩
• mantle plume 地幔羽,地幔热柱,地...
• mantle rock 风化层
• gas mantle 汽灯罩
• mantle convection 地幔对流
• take over the mantle of someone 继承某人的衣钵...

近反义词

【近义词】

• cloak 斗蓬
• blanket 毛毯
• layer 层
• covering 覆盖物
• wrap 包
• coat 外套
• robe 长袍
• cover 封面
• shroud 寿衣
• veil 面纱
• responsibility 责任
• function 职务
• role 作用
• veneer 薄片镶饰
• crust 外壳
• cloud 云
• paper 纸
• overcoat 外套
• blush 脸红
• curtain 窗帘
• drape 布帘
• pall 遮盖物
• cape 岬
• pallium 大披肩
• drapery 布料
• mantel 壁炉架
• chimneypiece 壁炉架
• mantlepiece 壁炉罩
• mantelpiece 壁炉台