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单词 mantelpiece
释义
mantelpiece
noun[C]
uk
/ˈmæn.təl.piːs/us
/ˈmæn.t̬əl.piːs/
(USalsomantel)
ashelfabove afireplace, usuallypartof aframethatsurroundsthefireplace:
壁炉架；壁炉台
She hasphotographsof all hergrandchildrenon the mantelpiece.她在壁炉台上放着所有孙辈的照片。
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Parts of buildings: the fireplace & parts of the fireplace
  • andiron
  • chimney breast
  • coal scuttle
  • damper
  • fender
  • fire dog
  • firebrick
  • fireguard
  • fireplace
  • firescreen
  • fireside
  • flue
  • grate
  • hearth
  • inglenook
  • open fire
  • open fireplace
  • poker
  • scuttle
(Definition ofmantelpiecefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

mantelpiece| American Dictionary

mantelpiece
noun[C]
us
/ˈmæn·təlˌpis/
(short formmantel,us/ˈmæn·təl/)
ashelfabove afireplace, usuallypartof aframethatsurroundsthefireplace
(Definition ofmantelpiecefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmantelpiece

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Doors were being added and in one house amantelpiecewas fashioned as an adornment.
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The actor image lives on in quotidian domestic contexts: on themantelpiece, in albums or dusty shoeboxes, treasured in family papers or dispatched to junk shops.
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He has an enormous stomach and a bloated appearance, and he is resting his feet on themantelpiece.
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It will not be put away on themantelpiece.
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Often mantelpieces and panelling, for instance, which are tenants' fixtures, are valuable.
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What is the point of having teeth and keeping them on themantelpiece?
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Is she going to frame the order and hang it over themantelpiece?
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I hope that that is engraved over all the mantelpieces concerned.
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Would he now state in which apartment this £525mantelpieceis to be erected?
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From the way in which he put his remarks it may be because it is a foreignmantelpiece.
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You put it on themantelpiece, and it will probably last for a fortnight.
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They had no money on themantelpiecewaiting for such a bill to come through their doors.
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Besides, at £8·50 a pair these volumes are unlikely to find their way on to many mantelpieces.
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They have taken the protection off themantelpiece, thrown that away, and then thrown themantelpieceaway.
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I certainly did not use the case of themantelpieceas grounds for being opposed to foreign works of art.
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