Mantel
['mænt(ə)l] or ['mæntlpis]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) shelf that projects from wall above fireplace; 'in Britain they call a mantel a chimneypiece'.
校對:塞尔玛--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The finish around a fireplace, covering the chimney-breast in front and sometimes on both sides; especially, a shelf above the fireplace, and its supports.
卡拉校對
解釋/意思:
n. the ornamental shelf over a fireplace.—Also Man′tel-piece Man′tel-shelf.
詹森錄入
例句/造句/用法:
- Tears rolled silently down Rosamond's cheeks; she just pressed her handkerchief against them, and stood looking at the large vase on the mantel-piece. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- She rose, and walking across the floor stood gazing at herself for a long time in the brightly-lit mirror above the mantel-piece. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- He understood that his own eyes must be unbearable, and turning away, rested his elbows on the mantel-shelf and covered his face. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- He had thrust his chest out, supporting his shoulders against the mantel and resting his weight on one large patent-leather foot. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- Something drummed and clanged furiously in his ears; he could not tell if it were the blood in his veins, or the tick of the clock on the mantel. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- I caught glimpses of velvet chairs, a high white marble mantel-piece, and what seemed to be a suit of Japanese armor at one side of it. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- Lydgate paused; but Rosamond turned her neck and looked at a vase on the mantel-piece. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- She turned and moved to the looking-glass above the mantel-piece. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- He walked towards the mantel-piece and leaned his arm on it, and waited in silence for--he hardly knew what. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- There was a score of candles sparkling round the mantel piece, in all sorts of quaint sconces, of gilt and bronze and porcelain. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Gerald stood leaning back against the mantel-piece. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- He emptied his glass, got up, and stood at the side of the fire, with his heavy brown hand on the mantel-shelf. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- So I could, if-- Fred broke off, and stood up, leaning against the mantel-piece. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- When her wooer turned from her she rested her arms against the mantel-shelf and bowed her face in her hands. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- It gradually faded as she saw Fred approach her without speaking, and stand before her with his elbow on the mantel-piece, looking ill. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- Other stone-cutting machines had for their objects the cutting and moulding the edges of tables, mantels and slabs; and the cutting of circular and other curved work. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- Everything is stone, and stone of the heaviest--floors, stairways, mantels, benches--everything. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
校對:米利森特