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Mantle French N Sleeveless Latin German Source Figurative

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;

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