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mantle

/man-tl/US // ˈmæn tl //UK // (ˈmæntəl) //

地幔,钵盂,钵体,衣钵

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
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    • : a loose, sleeveless cloak or cape.
    • : something that covers, envelops, or conceals: the mantle of darkness.
    • : Geology. the portion of the earth, about 1,800 miles thick, between the crust and the core.Compare core, crust.
    • : Zoology. a single or paired outgrowth of the body wall that lines the inner surface of the valves of the shell in mollusks and brachiopods.
    • : a chemically prepared, incombustible network hood for a gas jet, kerosene wick, etc., that, when the jet or wick is lighted, becomes incandescent and gives off a brilliant light.
    • : Ornithology. the back, scapular, and inner wing plumage, especially when of the same color and distinct from other plumage.
    • : mantel.
    • : Metallurgy. a continuous beam set on a ring of columns and supporting the upper brickwork of a blast furnace in such a way that the brickwork of the hearth and bosh may be readily replaced.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    man·tled, man·tling.

    • : to cover with or as if with a mantle; envelop; conceal.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    man·tled, man·tling.

    • : to spread or cover a surface, as a blush over the face.
    • : to flush; blush.
    • : to spread out one wing and then the other over the corresponding outstretched leg.
    • : to be or become covered with a coating, as a liquid; foam: The champagne mantled in the glass.

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Examples

  • He also scripted that song in the Lovers Rock film, so I grabbed the mantle and just ran with it.

  • One idea holds that plates are just a byproduct of burbling convection cells deep in the mantle.

  • I think that’s the only thing missing on the mantle for me, personally.

  • This 10-inch digital picture frame will fit right in on any mantle, bookshelf, or nightstand.

  • As one plate slides beneath another and sinks into the mantle, it transports carbon from the surface to the interior, a key part of the carbon cycle.

  • We arrived to the din of a party in full swing: a band, multiple kegs of beer, dancing, foosball, and mantle diving.

  • Having tonally redefined rap, he was ready to claim the mantle of one of the greatest musical pioneers of all time.

  • Question those taking on the mantle of victimhood and you are immediately cast as some kind of aggressive, unfeeling oppressor.

  • “Somebody suggested [we give him] a $1,000 baseball signed by Mickey Mantle [in exchange for the URL],” Robinson told me.

  • Even at the latter stages Simon and Ryan took over the mantle and it became a little dark.

  • Ripperda's eye fell upon the mantle,—it was discoloured a dark red in many places, he nodded his head, and the man withdrew.

  • He thrust the Cardinal's mantle into it, and stood over the smouldering cloth, till the whole was consumed to ashes.

  • The night at last had imposed herself on the singers, and they had sunk down to sleep under the mantle of her silence.

  • The earth had donned her mantle of brightest green, and shed her richest perfumes abroad.

  • His mantle raised at the shoulder disclosed a muscular arm covered with circlets of gold.