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mantle/ˈmænt(ə)l/ n. & v.●n. 1 a loose sleeveless cloak, esp. of a woman (尤指妇女的)小披风；短斗篷 2 a covering 一层(覆盖物) a mantle of snow 一层雪 3 responsibility or authority, esp. as passing from one person to another (see 见 2 Kings 2:13) (尤指从一人传给另一人的)责任；权利 4 a fragile lacelike tube fixed round a gas jet to give an incandescent light (煤气灯的)白炽罩 5 an outer fold of skin enclosing a mollusc's viscera and secreting the shell (软体动物的)套膜 6 a bird's back, scapulars, and wing coverts, esp. if of a distinctive colour (尤指特殊色彩鸟的)翕 7 the region between the crust and the core of the earth 地幔 ●v. 1 tr. clothe in or as if in a mantle; cover, conceal, envelop 覆盖；遮盖；掩藏；罩住 2 intr.a (of the blood) suffuse the cheeks (血液)涌上面颊 b (of the face) glow with a blush (脸)涨红；发红 3 intr. (of a liquid) become covered with a coating or scum (液体)表面结皮；被泡沫覆盖 [Middle English via Old French from Latin mantellum ‘cloak’] |