n.[C]

1. 披風，斗篷
2. （作為權力標誌的）衣缽
   inherit the mantle

   繼承衣缽

3. 覆蓋物；罩
   hidden under the mantle of night

   在夜幕遮掩下

4. （軟體動物等的）套膜
5. 【解】（大腦）皮質
6. 【地】地函，地幔

vt.

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

   雪覆蓋了樹木。

vi.

1. （臉）發紅
   The girl's face mantled in joy.

   那姑娘高興得臉上泛起紅暈。

2. （斗篷似地）鋪開，籠罩
3. （鷹）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.