mantle

mantle¹
noun

a loose sleeveless cloak or shawl, worn especially by women
（尤指女子穿的）披风，斗篷
■(figurative)a covering of a specified sort
(喻)覆盖物；罩，幕
the houses were covered with a thick mantle of snow.
房屋上盖着厚厚的一层雪。
■(亦作 gas mantle)a fragile mesh cover fixed round a gas jet to give an incandescent light when heated
（汽灯的）纱罩，火焰网罩
■(Ornithology)a bird's back, scapulars, and wing coverts, especially when of a distinctive colour
(鸟)翕，上背
■(Zoology)an outer or enclosing layer of tissue, especially (in molluscs, cirripedes, and brachiopods) a fold of skin enclosing the viscera and secreting the shell
(动)（尤指软体动物、蔓足类甲壳动物和腕足动物的）外套膜
an important role or responsibility that passes from one person to another
（传承的具有重要性的）角色或责任，衣钵
the second son has now assumed his father's mantle.
现在二儿子已经继承了父亲的衣钵。
(Geology)the region of the earth's interior between the crust and the core, believed to consist of hot, dense silicate rocks (mainly peridotite)
(地质)地幔
■the corresponding part of another planetary body
（其他行星的）地幔
the lunar mantle.
月球的地幔。

verb

[with obj.](poetic/literary)clothe in or as if in a mantle; cloak or envelop
(诗／文)笼罩，覆盖，包围
heavy mists mantled the forested slopes.
浓雾笼罩着草木丛生的山坡。
■(archaic)(of blood) suffuse (the face)
(古)（血液）涌上（面颊）
a warm pink mounted to the girl's cheeks and mantled her brow.
姑娘的双颊泛起红晕，额头也是一片红。
■[no obj.](of the face) glow with a blush
（脸）发红，涨红
her rich face mantling with emotion.
她那富态的面孔因为激动而涨红。
■[no obj.](archaic)(of a liquid) become covered with a head or froth
(古)（液体）表面布满泡沫，被泡沫覆盖
[no obj.](of a bird of prey on the ground or on a perch) spread the wings and tail, especially so as to cover captured prey
（地面或栖息时的猛禽）展翅（尤指为制服猎物）

语源

Old English mentel, from Latin mantellum 'cloak'; reinforced in Middle English by Old French mantel

mantle²
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