| 词汇 | mantelpiece |
| 释义 | mantelpiece noun[ C ] uk /ˈmæn.təl.piːs/ us /ˈmæn.təl.piːs/(US alsomantel) a shelf above a fireplace, usually part of a frame that surrounds the fireplace: 壁炉架;壁炉台 She has photographs of all her grandchildren on the mantelpiece.她在壁炉台上放着所有孙辈的照片。 Jawcam/iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages Parts of buildings: the fireplace & parts of the fireplace andiron chimney breast coal scuttle damper fender fire dog fireback firebrick fireguard fireplace firescreen fireside flue grate hearth inglenook open firephrase open fireplace poker scuttle mantelpiece | American Dictionarymantelpiece noun[ C ] us/ˈmæn·təlˌpis/(short formmantel, us/ˈmæn·təl/) a shelf above a fireplace, usually part of a frame that surrounds the fireplace Examples of mantelpiecemantelpiece Doors were being added and in one house a mantelpiece was fashioned as an adornment. The actor image lives on in quotidian domestic contexts: on the mantelpiece, in albums or dusty shoeboxes, treasured in family papers or dispatched to junk shops. He has an enormous stomach and a bloated appearance, and he is resting his feet on the mantelpiece. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It will not be put away on the mantelpiece. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Often mantelpieces and panelling, for instance, which are tenants' fixtures, are valuable. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What is the point of having teeth and keeping them on the mantelpiece? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is she going to frame the order and hang it over the mantelpiece? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I hope that that is engraved over all the mantelpieces concerned. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Would he now state in which apartment this £525 mantelpiece is to be erected? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 From the way in which he put his remarks it may be because it is a foreign mantelpiece. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 You put it on the mantelpiece, and it will probably last for a fortnight. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They had no money on the mantelpiece waiting for such a bill to come through their doors. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Besides, at £8·50 a pair these volumes are unlikely to find their way on to many mantelpieces. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They have taken the protection off the mantelpiece, thrown that away, and then thrown the mantelpiece away. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I certainly did not use the case of the mantelpiece as grounds for being opposed to foreign works of art. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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