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n.(名词)A loose, sleeveless coat worn over outer garments; a cloak.斗篷:一种可穿在外衣外面的松弛的无袖衣服;斗篷Something that covers, envelops, or conceals:覆盖物:可以盖、包或藏东西的物品:例句:.On a summer night . . . a mantle of dust hangs over the gravel roads.(John Dollard).一个夏天的夜晚,灰尘象幕似的笼罩在砾石路上.(约翰·多拉尔德)
Variant of mantel mantel的变体The outer covering of a wall.墙的外皮A zone of hot gases around a flame.环壳:火焰周围的高温区域A device in gas lamps consisting of a sheath of threads that gives off brilliant illumination when heated by the flame.灯罩:煤油灯内一装置,是一个由许多线结成的套构成的,被火焰加热后产生灿烂的光芒Anatomy The cerebral cortex.【解剖学】 大脑皮层Geology The layer of the earth between the crust and the core.【地质学】 地幔:位于地壳和地核之间的地层The outer wall and casing of a blast furnace above the hearth.壁炉上的外墙:壁炉地面上方鼓风炉子的外墙或铸件The wings, shoulder feathers, and back of a bird when differently colored from the rest of the body.翕:颜色与身体其它部分不同的长于鸟的翅膀、肩上和背部的羽毛Zoology 【动物学】 A fold or pair of folds of the body wall that lines the shell and secretes the substance that forms the shell in mollusks and brachiopods.套膜:软体动物或腕足动物体壁上的膜或套膜,它连接壳体并分泌形成壳的物质The soft outer wall lining the shell of a tunicate or barnacle.有膜动物的柔软外皮:被囊类动物或藤壶的壳的外层软壁v.(动词)man.tled,man.tling,man.tles v.tr.(及物动词)To cover with or as if with a mantle; conceal.See Synonyms at clothe 覆盖,隐藏:用或仿佛用斗篷盖着;隐藏参见 clothev.intr.(不及物动词)To spread or become extended over a surface.扩散,笼罩:在表面上扩散或延伸To become covered with a coating, as scum or froth on the surface of a liquid.产生薄膜:被覆盖物盖住,如液体表面上的泡沫或渣滓To be overspread by blushes or colors:被羞红或脸色变红:例句:a face that was mantled in joy.脸快乐得通红
来源:Middle English 中古英语 from Old English mentel 源自 古英语 mentel and from Old French mantel 并源自 古法语 mantel both from Latin mantellum 都源自 拉丁语 mantellum