n.[C]

1. 披风，斗篷
2. （作为权力标志的）衣钵
   inherit the mantle

   继承衣钵

3. 覆盖物；罩
   hidden under the mantle of night

   在夜幕遮掩下

4. （软体动物等的）套膜
5. 【解】（大脑）皮质
6. 【地】地幔

vt.

1. 覆盖；掩藏，遮掩
   Snow mantled the trees.

   雪覆盖了树木。

vi.

1. （脸）发红
   The girl's face mantled in joy.

   那姑娘高兴得脸上泛起红晕。

2. （斗篷似地）铺开，笼罩
3. （鹰）展翅

n.

1. a woman's loose sleeveless cloak or shawl.
2. a covering:
   a mantle of snow.
3. an important role or responsibility that passes from one person to another. [with allusion to the passing of Elijah's cloak (mantle) to Elisha (2 Kings 2:13).]
4. (also gas mantle) a mesh cover fixed round a gas jet to give an incandescent light when heated.
5. Ornithology  a bird's back, scapulars, and wing coverts.
6. Zoology  an outer or enclosing layer of tissue, especially (in molluscs, cirripedes, and brachiopods) a fold of skin enclosing the viscera and secreting the shell.
7. Geology  the region of the earth's interior between the crust and the core, believed to consist of hot, dense silicate rocks (mainly peridotite).

v.

1. literary cloak or envelop.
2. (of the face) glow with a blush.
3. (of a bird of prey on the ground) spread the wings and tail, especially so as to cover captured prey.
4. archaic (of a liquid) become covered with a head or froth.

n.