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单词 mantles
释义

mantle

1 of 2

noun

man·​tle ˈman-tᵊl How to pronounce mantle (audio)
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 2

verb

mantled; mantling ˈmant-liŋ How to pronounce mantle (audio)
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

Synonyms

Noun

  • cape
  • capote
  • cloak
  • frock
  • manteau

Verb

  • bosom
  • bower
  • circumfuse
  • cocoon
  • embosom
  • embower
  • embrace
  • enclose
  • inclose
  • encompass
  • enfold
  • enshroud
  • enswathe
  • envelop
  • enwrap
  • invest
  • involve
  • lap
  • muffle
  • shroud
  • swathe
  • veil
  • wrap
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Example Sentences

Noun She accepted the mantle of leadership. a long black velvet mantle Verb early-morning fog mantled the fields along the river
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
In comics, T’Challa’s younger sister has assumed the mantle of the Black Panther in T’Challa’s absence. David Betancourt, Washington Post, 25 July 2022 Complicating matters: his old flame Jane Foster (Natalie Portman) has somehow assumed his powers and assumed the mantle of Thor. Tim Chan, Rolling Stone, 5 July 2022 Boss-wise, the chief architect of the collection was Marco Falcioni, who recently assumed the mantle as Senior Vice President Creative Direction at the brand. Luke Leitch, Vogue, 25 May 2022 Researchers found that the heavy glaciers weigh down buoyant sections of mantle; when the ice melts, the ground below springs up rapidly. Joanna Thompson, Scientific American, 26 Apr. 2022 On Earth, diamonds form 100 miles or so deep below the surface of the upper mantle. Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Mar. 2022 The resulting impact vaporized part of young Earth’s mantle, tossing rocks and gasses outward. Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics, 17 Mar. 2022 The Observer has it on good authority that his equally ebullient son has assumed that mantle. The Masked Observer, al, 27 Feb. 2022 As the moon orbits Jupiter, tidal forces generate heat that melts around 5 percent of the moon’s mantle, far below ground. Ramin Skibba, Wired, 6 Oct. 2021
Verb
And now, the Bay Area’s fourth-largest city can add to its awards mantle the fifth-place trophy among the most unfaithful cities in the nation. Joseph Geha, The Mercury News, 19 June 2019 Piero has also taken the liberty of eliminating red in Mary’s clothing, mantling her solely in her other primary color, blue, an expensive shade made from lapis lazuli brought from Afghanistan along the Silk Road. Willard Spiegelman, WSJ, 12 Oct. 2018 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun and Verb

Middle English mantel, from Anglo-French, from Latin mantellum

First Known Use

Noun

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Verb

13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

Kids Definition

mantle

noun

man·​tle ˈman-tᵊl How to pronounce mantle (audio)
1
: a loose sleeveless outer garment
2
: something that covers or wraps
The town was covered with a mantle of snow.
3
: the part of the earth's interior beneath the crust and above the central core
4
: a fold of the body wall of a mollusk that produces the shell material

Medical Definition

mantle

noun

man·​tle ˈman-tᵊl How to pronounce mantle (audio)
1
: something that covers, enfolds, or envelops
2
: cerebral cortex

Biographical Definition

Mantle

biographical name

Man·​tle ˈman-tᵊl How to pronounce Mantle (audio)
Mickey (Charles) 1931–1995 American baseball player

mantles 1 of 2

noun

plural of mantle
1
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
  • cloaks
  • capes
  • capotes
  • frocks
  • pelisses
  • mantillas
  • tippets
  • palatines
  • shawls
  • stoles
  • manteaus
  • capelets
  • wraps
  • serapes
  • cowls
  • mantas
  • josephs
  • burnouses
  • mantelets
  • capuchins
  • dominos
  • burnooses
  • ponchos
  • dominoes
  • pelerines
  • sarapes
  • roquelaures
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

  • cloaks
  • veils
  • shrouds
  • robes
  • blankets
  • coverings
  • curtains
  • hoods
  • masks
  • wraps
  • palls
  • penumbrae
  • covers
  • shields
  • copes
  • penumbras
  • screens
  • covertures
  • blinds
  • cover-ups
  • facades
  • varnishes
  • concealers
  • disguises
  • veneers
  • façades
  • faces
  • fig leaves
  • camouflages
  • glosses
  • fig leafs
  • Trojan horses
  • Potemkin villages

mantles

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of mantle
as in shrouds
to surround or cover closely early-morning fog mantled the fields along the river

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • shrouds
  • wraps
  • envelops
  • veils
  • drapes
  • bowers
  • bosoms
  • cocoons
  • cloaks
  • encloses
  • encases
  • swathes
  • enwraps
  • encompasses
  • curtains
  • enfolds
  • enshrouds
  • involves
  • laps
  • incloses
  • muffles
  • embowers
  • encircles
  • embraces
  • embosoms
  • enswathes
  • blankets
  • embeds
  • circles
  • circumfuses
  • masks
  • disguises
  • overlays
  • invests
  • swaddles
  • overspreads
  • camouflages
  • imbeds
  • enwinds
  • enlaces

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • strips
  • exposes
  • bares
  • denudes
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