单词 | mantles |
释义 | mantle1 of 2noun man·tle ˈman-tᵊl 1 a : a loose sleeveless garment worn over other clothes : cloak b : a figurative cloak symbolizing preeminence or authority accepted the mantle of leadership 2 a : something that covers, enfolds, or envelops (see envelop sense 1) The ground was covered with a mantle of leaves. b(1) : a fold or lobe or pair of lobes of the body wall of a mollusk or brachiopod that in shell-bearing forms lines the shell and bears shell-secreting glands (2) : the soft external body wall that lines the test or shell of a tunicate or barnacle (see barnacle sense 2) c : the outer wall and casing of a blast furnace above the hearth (see hearth sense 1c) broadly : an insulated support or casing in which something is heated 3 : the upper back of a bird 4 : a lacy hood or sheath of some refractory (see refractory entry 1 sense 3) material that gives light by incandescence when placed over a flame 5 a : regolith b : the part of the interior of a terrestrial (see terrestrial sense 3) planet and especially the earth that lies beneath the crust and above the central core 6 : mantel mantle 2 of 2verb mantled; mantling ˈmant-liŋ ˈman-tᵊl-iŋ transitive verb : to cover with or as if with a mantle : cloak the encroaching jungle growth that mantled the building Sanka Knox intransitive verb 1 : to become covered with a coating 2 : to spread over a surface 3 : blush her rich face mantling with emotion Benjamin Disraeli mantles 1 of 2 noun1 as in cloaks a sleeveless garment worn so as to hang over the shoulders, arms, and back a long black velvet mantle Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance
2 as in veils something that covers or conceals like a piece of cloth the mantle of secrecy that surrounds the operations of the organization's hierarchy Synonyms & Similar Words
mantles 2 of 2verbas in shrouds to surround or cover closely early-morning fog mantled the fields along the river Synonyms & Similar Words
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