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.).
中文解释
1、mant- "cloak" + -el.
实用例句
1. On the mantel were photographs of a man and a woman.
壁炉架上面是一对男女的一些照片。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Even the mantel above the fire glowed white.
甚至炉火上方的壁炉台都泛着白光。
来自柯林斯例句
3. In Britain they call a mantel a chimneypiece.
英国人把“mantel”(壁炉架)称为“chimneypiece”.
来自互联网
4. He had thrust his chest out, supporting his shoulders against the mantel.
他挺起胸脯, 肩膊抵着壁炉架.
来自辞典例句
5. She was tired and her mind ticked away dully, mechanically, as the clock on the mantel.