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mantel

英 ['mænt(ə)l] 美 ['mæntlpis]

解释

n. 壁炉架
n. (Mantel)人名；(法)芒泰尔；(德、英、罗、瑞典)曼特尔

※ 提供单词"mantel"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

中文词源

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。

英文词源

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.).

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例句和用法

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。

2. Even the mantel above the fire glowed white.: 甚至炉火上方的壁炉台都泛着白光。

3. In Britain they call a mantel a chimneypiece.: 英国人把“mantel”(壁炉架)称为“chimneypiece”.

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.

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.