mantel
英 ['m?nt(?)l]
美 ['m?ntlpis]
- n. 壁爐架
- n. (Mantel)人名；(法)芒泰爾；(德、英、羅、瑞典)曼特爾
助記提示
1、mant- "cloak" + -el.
中文詞源
mantel 壁爐架，壁爐臺來自mantle拼寫變體，其原義為覆蓋物，披風，斗篷，后引申詞義壁爐架，壁爐臺，因其形如一張披風而得名。
英文詞源
- 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.).
雙語例句
- 1. On the mantel were photographs of a man and a woman.
- 壁爐架上面是一對男女的一些照片。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Even the mantel above the fire glowed white.
- 甚至爐火上方的壁爐臺都泛著白光。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. In Britain they call a mantel a chimneypiece.
- 英國人把“mantel”(壁爐架)稱為“chimneypiece”.
來自互聯網
- 4. He had thrust his chest out, supporting his shoulders against the mantel.
- 他挺起胸脯, 肩膊抵著壁爐架.
來自辭典例句
- 5. She was tired and her mind ticked away dully, mechanically, as the clock on the mantel.
- 她疲倦,她的心在遲鈍地機械的跳動, 就像壁爐架上那座時鐘似的.
來自飄（部分）