及物动词

不及物动词

1. (指某一职业或要职的)责任，职责
If you take on the mantle of something such as a profession or an important job, you take on the responsibilities and duties which must be fulfilled by anyone who has this profession or job.

2. 覆盖物;幕;罩
A mantle of something is a layer of it covering a surface, for example a layer of snow on the ground.

3. （旧时的）披风，斗篷
A mantle is a piece of clothing without sleeves that people used to wear over their other clothes in former times.

4. see also: mantel

1. a sleeveless garment like a cloak but shorter

Synonym: cape

2. hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)

Synonym: curtaindrapedraperypall

3. shelf that projects from wall above fireplace

e.g. in Britain they call a mantel a chimneypiece

Synonym: mantelmantelpiecemantlepiecechimneypiece

4. (zoology) a protective layer of epidermis in mollusks or brachiopods that secretes a substance forming the shell

Synonym: pallium

5. the cloak as a symbol of authority

e.g. place the mantle of authority on younger shoulders

6. anything that covers

e.g. there was a blanket of snow

Synonym: blanket

7. the layer of the earth between the crust and the core