mantle

rôle, responsabilité

Rôle important ou fonction donnant de l’autorité, souvent repris après quelqu’un d’autre.

En anglais simple : An important role or position of authority, often taken over from someone else.

• She assumed the mantle of leadership.
• Who will inherit his mantle as party leader?
• The youngest daughter took on the mantle of family protector.

Comment l'utiliser : the mantle of something (She accepted the mantle of leadership after her father’s retirement.); take on the mantle of someone/something (He took on the mantle of protector.)

Synonymes : role, responsibility, authority

Expressions courantes : mantle of leadership, assume the mantle, take the mantle

manteau, cape

Vêtement ample porté sur les épaules par-dessus les autres habits, notamment par un responsable religieux.

En anglais simple : A loose outer piece of clothing worn over the shoulders, especially by a church leader.

• He wore a dark mantle.
• The bishop's mantle reached almost to the floor.
• She drew her mantle around her shoulders.

Synonymes : cloak, cape

Expressions courantes : velvet mantle, bishop's mantle, wear a mantle

manteau, voile

Couche de matière qui recouvre ou cache un lieu ou une chose.

En anglais simple : A layer of something that covers or hides a place or thing.

• A mantle of snow covered the fields.
• The town lay beneath a mantle of darkness.
• Spring gave the hills a fresh green mantle.

Comment l'utiliser : a mantle of something (A mantle of mist hid the village.)

Synonymes : covering, blanket, cloak, layer

Expressions courantes : mantle of snow, mantle of darkness, white mantle

enveloppe de la flamme

Zone de gaz chaud qui entoure une flamme.

En anglais simple : The area of hot gas surrounding a flame.

• Hot gases formed the flame's mantle.
• The outer mantle surrounded the blue centre.
• They measured the temperature within the mantle of the flame.

Expressions courantes : outer mantle, flame mantle, hot mantle

couvrir, voiler

Recouvrir quelque chose d’une couche ou le cacher à la vue.

En anglais simple : To cover something with a layer, or hide it from view.

• Mist mantled the valley.
• Snow had mantled the roofs during the night.
• Dark clouds mantle the mountain peaks.

Comment l'utiliser : mantle something in/with something (Fresh snow mantled the hills in white.)

Synonymes : cover, cloak, hide

Contraires : uncover, reveal

Expressions courantes : mantle the hills, mantle something in, mantle something with

se couvrir

Se retrouver recouvert d’une couche de matière ou caché à la vue.

En anglais simple : To become covered by a layer of something or hidden from view.

• The fields began to mantle with frost.
• By evening, the valley had mantled in mist.
• In winter, the lake mantles with ice.

Comment l'utiliser : mantle with/in something (The hills began to mantle with snow.)

Synonymes : become covered

Expressions courantes : mantle with snow, mantle in mist

s'étendre, empourprer

S’étendre sur une surface, notamment quand une rougeur gagne le visage.

En anglais simple : To spread across a surface, especially when red colour appears on someone's face.

• A blush mantled her cheeks.
• Colour slowly mantled over his face.
• As she spoke, a red flush began to mantle her neck.

Comment l'utiliser : mantle over something (A blush mantled over her face.)

Synonymes : spread, suffuse

Expressions courantes : mantle someone's cheeks, mantle over something

se hisser, se rétablir

Monter sur un rebord en poussant avec les mains pour soulever son corps.

En anglais simple : To climb onto a ledge by pushing down with your hands and lifting your body.

• He mantled onto the ledge.
• Can you mantle over that rock?
• She mantled the final shelf and stood on top of the boulder.

Comment l'utiliser : mantle onto/over something (She mantled onto the ledge using both hands.)

Synonymes : climb onto, clamber over

Expressions courantes : mantle onto something, mantle over something, mantle the ledge