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.