mantelpiece

英 [ˈmæntlpiːs]

美 [ˈmæntlpiːs]

n.  壁炉台

复数：mantelpieces　

TEM8

BNC.12976 / COCA.23730

牛津词典

noun

• 壁炉台
  a shelf above a fireplace

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 壁炉架;壁炉台
  Amantelpieceis a wood or stone shelf which is the top part of a border round a fireplace.
  1. On the mantelpiece are a pair of bronze Ming vases.
     壁炉台上是一对明代的青铜花瓶。

英英释义

noun

• shelf that projects from wall above fireplace
  1. in Britain they call a mantel a chimneypiece
  Synonym:mantelmantlemantlepiecechimneypiece

双语例句

• The trophy she won took pride of place on the mantelpiece.
  她获得的奖品放在壁炉架上最显眼的地方。
• A clock and two vases stood on the mantelpiece.
  壁炉台上摆着一个座钟和两个花瓶。
• It was placed on the mantelpiece, but slipped down behind the fireplace and was lost for over a decade.
  信寄到后，被顺手放在了壁炉台上，但却不小心滑到了壁炉后面。
• Gayle: Never mind, she's coming for tea this afternoon so we'll have to put it on the mantelpiece where she can see it.
  盖尔：不要紧。她今天会来吃下午茶，我们得把花瓶放在壁炉架上，要她看得见才好。
• I heard him knock his pipe out on the mantelpiece.
  我听见他在壁炉架上磕打烟斗。
• There was a Chinese clay horse on the mantelpiece.
  壁炉台上有一匹中国陶制马。
• What hour?' asked the Rat uneasily, glancing at the clock on the mantelpiece.
  什么时辰？河鼠瞟了一眼炉台上的钟，不安地问。
• Sonia tucked the bill behind the clock on the mantelpiece.
  索妮娅把钞票藏在壁炉台上的钟表后面。
• A great life lost so that someone far away can have a trinket on their mantelpiece.
  一个伟大的生命逝去了，远方某人的壁炉上可以多个饰品了。
• Everything in that drawing-room was in key with that mantelpiece.
  客厅里所有的东西都和那个壁炉台相协调。