Mantle : 망토, (특히 남에게 물려주게 되는 중요한) ~의 역할, 책임, (보이지 않게 덮거나 감싸는) 꺼풀, 덮개, 덮다, 감싸다, (지구의 중심부를 감싸는) 맨틀, (불꽃의 주의를 감싸고 있는) 가스맨틀, (램프 또는 가스램프의) 심지
Mantlepiece (Mantelpiece) : 벽난로 위 선반, 맨틀피스
1)
a mantle in the old days is a cloak. it's something that you put over your shoulders to keep you warm
a cloak without sleeves
2)
now most commonly you are going to find this word mantle used with the meaning of responosibility
to take on the mantle of a position
Liz Truss has taken on the mantle of prime minister of the UK
Prince Charles has takne on the mantle of the king of Britain
the mantle is talking about the responsibilities of an important position, particularly when you look at it being handed over from one person to the next person who takes the that position
after the elections, the new president took on the mantle of governing his country
the mantle, the responsibility
to assume the mantle of
to take a responsibility
the teacher had to retire and the new teacher, the substitute took on the mantle of teaching that class
tak on the mantle of something
to take responsibility
he has taken on the mantle of leading on organization
3)
you could use mantle to talk about something that hides
something that conceals that means you can't see, it covers, it veils
the thieves came under the mantle of dakness
they've hiddened by, they've concealed by, covered by
soemthing that envelops
they were surrounded by a mantle of fog
it covered them completely
something that covers
there was a dust strom and we were hidden within a mantle of dust, a covering of dust
under the mantle of darkeness
4)
you can use mantle in geology
we've got the Earth and it's got the crust the solid exterior crust and inside that there is magma that moves around and this is the mantle.
it covers the core of the earth
it covers the center of the earth
it's the thing that covers the core or the center of the earth
the mantle, the internal part of the earth not the core but the bit that goes around the core, that covers the core
5)
you have a flame and there are hot gases around that flame, this would also be called a mantle
6)
oil lamp or a gas lamp and there is little white cloth thing that is used to draw up the oil, this would be called a mantle
the wick for a gas lamp is a mantle
7)
notice, you can also have the mantelpiece, the shelf above the fire.
but normally that's spelled m.a.n.t.e.l. mantelpiece
Formality : 7 for a mantle, a cloak
Formality : 6 for to take on the mantle of
Formality : 6.5 - 7 for under the mantle of darkness
Formality : 5 for the wick in the gas lamp
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