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
mantled mantled mantling mantles
TEM8 IELTS GRE TOEFL
使用频率:
星级词汇:
  • manta n.女用披巾；蝠鲼；章鱼

详细释义

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"

双语例句

1. She has the intellectual form to take up the mantle of leadership.
她具备担当领导职责的聪明才智。

来自柯林斯例句

2. The vice-president must now take on the mantle of supreme power.
副总统现在必须承担起最高权力的重任。

来自《权威词典》

3. The earth bore a thick green mantle of vegetation.
大地覆盖着一层厚厚的绿色植物.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. The parks and squares looked grim under a mantle of soot and ash.
在一层烟尘的笼罩之下，公园和广场显得阴沉沉的。

来自柯林斯例句

5. Glasgow has broadened its appeal since taking on the mantle of European City of Culture in 1990.
自从1990年荣获“欧洲文化之都”的光荣称号以来，格拉斯哥的魅力大增。

来自柯林斯例句

    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。

用法讲解

相关词汇

【邻近词汇】

mantra mantis mantlet mantled mantle ad mantlerock mantle eye mantle cell mantle edge mantle cone mantlegrade mantle ring
展开全文

大家正在查

apsidiole是什么意思 apsis是什么意思 apt是什么意思 apteral是什么意思 apterous是什么意思 apteryx是什么意思 aptitude是什么意思 aptly是什么意思 aptness是什么意思 aptotic是什么意思