mantle

英 [ˈmæntl]

美 [ˈmæntl]

n.  (可继承的)责任，职责，衣钵; 覆盖层; (尤指旧时的)披风，斗篷
v.  覆盖; 遮盖

复数：mantles　过去式：mantled　现在分词：mantling　过去分词：mantled　第三人称单数：mantles　

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Collins.1 / BNC.7950 / COCA.9827

牛津词典

noun

• （可继承的）责任，职责，衣钵
  the role and responsibilities of an important person or job, especially when they are passed on from one person to another
  1. The vice-president must now take on the mantle of supreme power.
     副总统现在必须承担起最高权力的重任。
• 覆盖层
  a layer of sth that covers a surface
  1. hills with a mantle of snow
     白雪覆盖的山峦
• （尤指旧时的）披风，斗篷
  a loose piece of clothing without sleeves, worn over other clothes, especially in the past
• （煤气灯的）白炽罩
  a cover around the flame of a gas lamp that becomes very bright when it is heated
• 地幔
  the part of the earth below the crust and surrounding the core

verb

• 覆盖；遮盖
  to cover the surface of sth

柯林斯词典

• N-SING (指某一职业或要职的)责任，职责
  If you take onthe mantle ofsomething such as a profession or an important job, you take on the responsibilities and duties which must be fulfilled by anyone who has this profession or job.
  1. Glasgow has broadened its appeal since taking on the mantle of European City of Culture in 1990...
     自从1990年荣获“欧洲文化之都”的光荣称号以来，格拉斯哥的魅力大增。
  2. She has the intellectual form to take up the mantle of leadership.
     她具备担当领导职责的聪明才智。
• N-COUNT 覆盖物;幕;罩
  Amantleof something is a layer of it covering a surface, for example a layer of snow on the ground.
  1. The parks and squares looked grim under a mantle of soot and ash.
     在一层烟尘的笼罩之下，公园和广场显得阴沉沉的。
• （旧时的）披风，斗篷
  Amantleis a piece of clothing without sleeves that people used to wear over their other clothes in former times.
• See also:mantel

英英释义

noun

• a sleeveless garment like a cloak but shorter
  Synonym:cape
• hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
  Synonym:curtaindrapedraperypall
• shelf that projects from wall above fireplace
  1. in Britain they call a mantel a chimneypiece
  Synonym:mantelmantelpiecemantlepiecechimneypiece
• (zoology) a protective layer of epidermis in mollusks or brachiopods that secretes a substance forming the shell
  Synonym:pallium
• the cloak as a symbol of authority
  1. place the mantle of authority on younger shoulders
• anything that covers
  1. there was a blanket of snow
  Synonym:blanket
• the layer of the earth between the crust and the core

verb

• cover like a mantle
  1. The ivy mantles the building
• spread over a surface, like a mantle

双语例句

• Basalt have importance meanings on deduce the Earth's mantle material composition, analysis tectonic environment and the geosphere deep dynamics research.
  玄武岩在反演地幔物质成分、分析构造环境和岩石圈的深部动力学研究中具有重要意义。
• The trees were clothed in a white mantle of frost.
  树披上了一层白霜的服装。
• Spread over a surface, like a mantle.
  在表面上扩散象一个覆盖物。
• Were large igneous provinces caused by mantle plumes?
  大火成岩省是地幔柱作用引起的吗？
• Internally the earth consists of two parts, a core and a mantle.
  地球的内部由两部分组成：地核和地幔。
• Scientists call this layer of crust and upper mantle the lithosphere.
  科学家称这层地壳和上部地幔为岩石圈。
• This picture hangs over the mantle.
  这幅画挂在壁炉架的上方。
• REE and trace elements indicate that fluid came from enriched mantle.
  稀土和微素元素地球化学研究显示流体源自富集地幔；
• These occur where hot magma from the Earth's liquid mantle is steadily forced through the Earth's crust.
  “火山热点”处在由地幔（又称软流层，很可能是岩浆的发源地）产生的炽热的岩浆不断地被喷出地壳的地方。
• The results show electric property structure of the crust and upper mantle clearly.
  揭示了该剖面地壳上地幔电性结构特征，并进行了划分。