单词 | mantle |
---|---|
音标 | ['mæntl] |
解释 | n.披风,斗篷;v.覆盖 |
红宝书 | 【英】 n. 披风,斗篷(a loose sleeveless cloak or cape);v. 覆盖(to cover as with a mantle, envelop; cloak) 【例】 Snow mantles the heights.(雪覆盖着高 地) |
字源 | mantle (n.) Old English mentel "loose, sleeveless cloak," from Latin mantellum "cloak" (source of Italian mantello, Old High German mantal, German Mantel, Old Norse mötull), perhaps from a Celtic source. Reinforced and altered 12c. by cognate Old French mantel "cloak, mantle; bedspread, cover" (Modern French manteau), also from the Latin source. Figurative sense "that which enshrouds" is from c.1300. Allusive use for "symbol of literary authority or artistic pre-eminence" is from Elijah's mantle [2 Kings ii:13]. As a layer of the earth between the crust and core (though not originally distinguished from the core) it is attested from 1940. mantle (v.) "to wrap in a mantle," early 13c.; figurative use from mid-15c., from mantle (n.) or from Old French manteler. Related: Mantled; mantling. |
不择手段背单词 | n. 披风(可穿在外衣外面的松弛的无袖衣服); v 覆盖 【记】读: man头, 能露出男人头的东西-披风 |
趣味全助记 | 【记】man + 音:套,脱,拖,着斗篷;man 人 + 音:头,盖着人脑袋的斗篷; |
Learn with these flashcards. Click next, previous, or up to navigate to more flashcards for this subject.
Next card: Mit manumit v `mænju'mit v.解放(奴隸 英 解放(奴隸)(to free
Previous card: Mansion residence n large sense mænʃən n.公馆;大厦 英
Up to card list: 极品GRE红宝书(简体中文)