mantle的意思

基本释义

• n 斗篷，披风；覆盖物，(煤气灯)白热罩

  a loose piece of outer clothing without sleeves, worn especially in former times

例句

1. We have the rare opportunity to seize the mantle of national leadership.

   这次是我们担当国家领导职责的天赐良机。

短语

• upper mantle 上地幔；上部地函
• mantle plume [地质]地幔柱
• mantle convection 地函对流，地幔对流；地幔对流
• lower mantle 下地幔
• mantle rock 表岩层；风化层

近义词

英英释义

noun 1. a sleeveless garment like a cloak but shorter Synonym: cape 2. hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window) Synonym: curtain, drape, drapery, pall 3. shelf that projects from wall above fireplace e.g. in Britain they call a mantel a chimneypiece Synonym: mantel, mantelpiece, mantle, piece, chimneypiece 4. (zoology) a protective layer of epidermis in mollusks or brachiopods that secretes a substance forming the shell Synonym: pallium 5. the cloak as a symbol of authority e.g. place the mantle of authority on younger shoulders 6. anything that covers e.g. there was a blanket of snow Synonym: blanket 7. the layer of the earth between the crust and the core verb 1. cover like a mantle e.g. The ivy mantles the building 2. spread over a surface, like a mantle

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