mantle

英['mænt(ə)l] 美['mæntl]
  • n. 地幔;斗篷;覆盖物
  • vi. 覆盖;脸红
  • vt. 覆盖
  • n. (Mantle)人名;(英、意)曼特尔

词态变化


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

助记提示


1、mant- "cloak" + -le.
2. 谐音“满头、蒙头”——把整个头都盖住——披风,覆盖物

中文词源


mantle 披风,斗篷,责任,衣钵

来自拉丁语mantum,披风,斗篷,-le,小词后缀。最终可能来自凯尔特语。引申词义责任,衣钵。

英文词源


mantle
mantle: [13] Mantle comes via Old French mantel from Latin mantellum ‘cloak’, a word of uncertain (possibly Celtic) origin. Related forms to find their way into English from other languages include mantilla [18] (a Spanish diminutive of manta ‘cape’, which came from Latin mantus, a shortened form of mantellum) and mantua, a term used in the 17th and 18th centuries for a woman’s loose gown, which arose from the association of modern French manteau with the name of the Italian city of Mantua, once famous for its silks. And the mantel [15] of mantelpiece is a variant spelling of mantle.
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mantle (n.)
Old English mentel "loose, sleeveless cloak," from Latin mantellum "cloak" (source of Italian mantello, Old High German mantal, German Mantel, Old Norse mötull), perhaps from a Celtic source. Reinforced and altered 12c. by cognate Old French mantel "cloak, mantle; bedspread, cover" (Modern French manteau), also from the Latin source. Figurative sense "that which enshrouds" is from c. 1300. Allusive use for "symbol of literary authority or artistic pre-eminence" is from Elijah's mantle [2 Kings ii:13]. As a layer of the earth between the crust and core (though not originally distinguished from the core) it is attested from 1940.
mantle (v.)
"to wrap in a mantle," early 13c.; figurative use from mid-15c., from mantle (n.) or from Old French manteler. Related: Mantled; mantling.

双语例句


1. 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。

来自柯林斯例句

2. 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。

来自《权威词典》

3. The earth bore a thick green mantle of vegetation.
大地覆盖着一层厚厚的绿色植物.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. 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。

来自柯林斯例句

5. 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。

来自柯林斯例句