mantel

• n. 壁爐架
• n. (Mantel)人名；(法)芒泰爾；(德、英、羅、瑞典)曼特爾

來自mantle拚寫變體，其原義為覆蓋物，披風，鬥篷，後引申詞義壁爐架，壁爐台，因其形如一張披風而得名。

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.).

1. On the mantel were photographs of a man and a woman.

壁爐架上麵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台都泛著白光。

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鍾似的.

來自飄（部分）