mantle
n
1 [C]
(a) loose sleeveless cloak 披風; 斗篷.
(b) (fig 比喻) covering 覆蓋物
hills with a mantle of snow 覆蓋著一層雪的山.
2 [sing] the ~ of sth (rhet 修辭) the responsibilites of an important job, etc (重要工作等的)責任, 職分
assume/take on/inherit the mantle of supreme power 擔任[擔當/繼承]最高權力的重任.
3 [C] lace-like cover round the flame of a gas lamp that becomes very bright when heated (煤氣燈的)白熾紗罩.
4 [sing] (geology 地質) part of the Earth below the crust and surrounding the core 地幔. mantle, v (fig 比喻) [Tn]
cover (sth) as if with a mantle 覆蓋(某物)
an ivy-mantled wall 爬滿長春藤的墻
Snow mantled the hills. 雪覆蓋著山.