Mantle
['mænt(ə)l] or ['mæntl]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) (zoology) a protective layer of epidermis in mollusks or brachiopods that secretes a substance forming the shell.
(noun.) the cloak as a symbol of authority; 'place the mantle of authority on younger shoulders'.
(noun.) the layer of the earth between the crust and the core.
(noun.) United States baseball player (1931-1997).
(verb.) cover like a mantle; 'The ivy mantles the building'.
(verb.) spread over a surface, like a mantle.
德斯蒙德錄入--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) A loose garment to be worn over other garments; an enveloping robe; a cloak. Hence, figuratively, a covering or concealing envelope.
(n.) Same as Mantling.
(n.) The external fold, or folds, of the soft, exterior membrane of the body of a mollusk. It usually forms a cavity inclosing the gills. See Illusts. of Buccinum, and Byssus.
(n.) Any free, outer membrane.
(n.) The back of a bird together with the folded wings.
(n.) A mantel. See Mantel.
(n.) The outer wall and casing of a blast furnace, above the hearth.
(n.) A penstock for a water wheel.
(v. t.) To cover or envelop, as with a mantle; to cloak; to hide; to disguise.
(v. i.) To unfold and spread out the wings, like a mantle; -- said of hawks. Also used figuratively.
(v. i.) To spread out; -- said of wings.
(v. i.) To spread over the surface as a covering; to overspread; as, the scum mantled on the pool.
(v. i.) To gather, assume, or take on, a covering, as froth, scum, etc.
阿曼达錄入
同義詞及近義詞:
n. [1]. Cloak.[2]. Cover, covering.[3]. Mantel-piece, mantel-tree, mantel-shelf.
v. a. Cloak, overspread, cover.
v. n. [1]. Expand, spread, be expanded.[2]. Be suffused (said of blood rushing to the face).[3]. Effervesce, bubble, foam, sparkle, froth.
編輯:罗伊
解釋/意思:
n. a covering: a cloak or loose outer garment: spirit: (zool.) the thin fleshy membrane lining a mollusc's shell: a conical wire-network covered with some highly refractory earth that becomes luminous under a flame.—v.t. to cover: to disguise.—v.i. to spread like a mantle: to revel: to joy: to froth: to rush to the face and impart a crimson glow as blood.—ns. Man′tlet Man′telet a small cloak for women: (fort.) a movable shield or screen to protect an attacking force or gunners while serving their guns; Man′tling cloth suitable for mantles: (her.) the representation of a mantle or the drapery of a coat-of-arms.
艾莉森編輯
例句/造句/用法:
- She threw off her mantle and bonnet, and sat down opposite to him, enjoying the glow, but lifting up her beautiful hands for a screen. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- I took off my pink dress and lace mantle with happier feelings than I had experienced in putting them on. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- The eight-pointed cross of his order was cut on the shoulder of his mantle in black velvet. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- During his convalescence Tarzan tried to fashion a mantle from the skin of Sabor, which had lain all this time in the cabin. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- He took her mantle from the wall, and tenderly wrapped it round her. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- Welsbach made use of this fact to secure a burner in which the illumination depends upon the glowing of an incandescent, solid mantle, rather than upon the blazing of a burning gas. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- The principle of the incandescent mantle is very simple. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- One objection to the mantles is their tendency to break. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- Certainly, a collection of horrors, says my Lady, gathering up her mantles and furs, but they interest one for the moment! 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- A soft kind of youthful shyness depressed her eyelid and mantled on her cheek. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- There may have been a momentary mantling in the face of the man as he made the last answer, but it passed directly. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Methought I yet saw that mantling blush, and the fine expressive curve of that quivering lip! 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
錄入:昆西