mantel
英 ['mænt(ə)l]
美 ['mæntlpis]
- n. 壁炉架
- n. (Mantel)人名；(法)芒泰尔；(德、英、罗、瑞典)曼特尔
1、mant- "cloak" + -el.
mantel 壁炉架，壁炉台来自mantle拼写变体，其原义为覆盖物，披风，斗篷，后引申词义壁炉架，壁炉台，因其形如一张披风而得名。
- mantel (n.)
- c. 1200, "short, loose, sleeveless cloak," variant of mantle (q.v.). Sense of "movable shelter for soldiers besieging a fort" is from 1520s. Meaning "timber or stone supporting masonry above a fireplace" first recorded 1510s, a shortened form of Middle English mantiltre "mantletree" (late 15c.).
- 1. On the mantel were photographs of a man and a woman.
- 壁炉架上面是一对男女的一些照片。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Even the mantel above the fire glowed white.
- 甚至炉火上方的壁炉台都泛着白光。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. In Britain they call a mantel a chimneypiece.
- 英国人把“mantel”(壁炉架)称为“chimneypiece”.
来自互联网
- 4. He had thrust his chest out, supporting his shoulders against the mantel.
- 他挺起胸脯, 肩膊抵着壁炉架.
来自辞典例句
- 5. She was tired and her mind ticked away dully, mechanically, as the clock on the mantel.
- 她疲倦,她的心在迟钝地机械的跳动, 就像壁炉架上那座时钟似的.
来自飘（部分）
