mantles的中文翻译是什么意思

N-SING(指某一职业或要职的)责任，职责

If you take on the mantle of something such as a profession or an important job, you take on the responsibilities and duties which must be fulfilled by anyone who has this profession or job.

• Glasgow has broadened its appeal since taking on the mantle of European City of Culture in 1990...

  自从1990年荣获“欧洲文化之都”的光荣称号以来，格拉斯哥的魅力大增。

• She has the intellectual form to take up the mantle of leadership.

  她具备担当领导职责的聪明才智。

N-COUNT覆盖物;幕;罩

A mantle of something is a layer of it covering a surface, for example a layer of snow on the ground.

• The parks and squares looked grim under a mantle of soot and ash.

  在一层烟尘的笼罩之下，公园和广场显得阴沉沉的。

N-COUNT（旧时的）披风，斗篷

A mantle is a piece of clothing without sleeves that people used to wear over their other clothes in former times.