Mantle

(n)

1. (C)

(a) loose sleeveless cloak 披风；斗篷

(b) (fig) covering 覆盖物

e.g. hills with a mantle of snow

覆盖着一层雪的山

2. (sing) the mantle of sth (rhet)

e.g. the responsibilities of an important job, etc.

（重要工作等的）责任，职分

e.g. assume/take on/inherit the mantle of supreme power

担任/担当/继承最高权力的重任

3. (C) lace-like cover round the flame of a gas lamp that becomes very bright when heated

（煤气灯的）白炽纱罩

4. (sing) (geology) part of the Earth below the crust and surrounding the core

地幔

(v)

(fig) cover (sth) as if with a mantle 覆盖（某物）

e.g. an ivy-mantled wall

爬满常春藤的墙

e.g. Snow mantled the hills

雪覆盖着山。

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