mantle
noun /ˈmæntl/
/ˈmæntl/
- [singular] the mantle of somebody/something (literary) the role and responsibilities of an important person or job, especially when they are passed on from one person to another
(可继承的)责任,职责,衣钵 - 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。 - She will soon inherit her father’s mantle.
她将很快继承她父亲的衣钵。
- The vice-president must now take on the mantle of supreme power.
- [countable] (literary) a layer of something that covers a surface
覆盖层 - hills with a mantle of snow
白雪覆盖的山峦 - a grey mantle of mist shrouding the slopes
笼罩在山坡上的灰色薄雾
- hills with a mantle of snow
- [countable] a loose piece of clothing without sleeves (= parts covering the arms), worn over other clothes, especially in the past
synonym cloak, covering(尤指旧时的)披风,斗篷 - [singular] (geology
) the part of the earth below the crust and surrounding the core地质学 地幔 - (also gas mantle)[countable] a cover around the flame of a gas lamp that becomes very bright when it is heated
(煤气灯的)白炽罩 - (also mantel)(both especially North American English)(also mantelpiece, mantlepiece ())[countable] a shelf above a fireplace
覆盖层
词源Old English mentel, from Latin mantellum ‘cloak’; reinforced in Middle English by Old French mantel.