mantle
美音:
[´mæntəl
]英音:
[´mæntəl
]n.斗蓬,覆盖物,壁炉架 v.披风,覆盖
难易程度:
mantle为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
动词过去式:mantled 过去分词:mantled 现在分词:mantling 第三人称单数:mantles
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mantle
/'mntl; `mæntl/
n
1 [C]
(a) loose sleeveless cloak 披风; 斗篷.
(b) (fig 比喻) covering 覆盖物
*hills with a mantle of snow 覆盖着一层雪的山.
2 [sing] the ~ of sth (rhet 修辞) the responsibilites of an important job, etc (重要工作等的)责任, 职分
*assume/take on/inherit the mantle of supreme power 担任[担当/继承]最高权力的重任.
3 [C] lace-like cover round the flame of a gas lamp that becomes very bright when heated (煤气灯的)白炽纱罩.
4 [sing] (geology 地质) part of the Earth below the crust and surrounding the core 地幔.
v (fig 比喻) [Tn] cover (sth) as if with a mantle 覆盖(某物)
*an ivy-mantled wall 爬满长春藤的墙
* Snow mantled the hills. 雪覆盖着山.
1. 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.
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