单词	mantle
释义	noun | verb mantlemantle1 /ˈmæntl/ noun [countable] Etymology ETYMOLOGYmantle1 Origin: 800-900 Old French mantel, from Latin mantellum cloak 1 take on/assume/inherit etc. the mantle of somebody formal to accept or have a particular duty or responsibility:  The vice president will assume her boss’s mantle, temporarily.2a mantle of snow/darkness etc. literary something such as snow or darkness that covers a surface or area3earth science the part of the Earth around the central core4a loose piece of outer clothing without sleeves, worn in past times5a cover put over the flame of a gas or oil lamp to make it shine more brightly6science, biology a fold in the layer of skin around the body of a sea or land animal with a soft body and hard outer shell, which contains glands that produce the substance that becomes the shell noun | verb mantlemantle2 verb [transitive] Verb Table VERB TABLE mantle Simple Form Present I, you, we, they mantle he, she, it mantles Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they mantled Present perfect I, you, we, they have mantled he, she, it has mantled Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had mantled Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will mantle Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have mantled Continuous Form Present I am mantling he, she, it is mantling you, we, they are mantling Past I, he, she, it was mantling you, we, they were mantling Present perfect I, you, we, they have been mantling he, she, it has been mantling Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been mantling Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be mantling Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been mantling literary to cover the surface of something
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