Mantel

(noun.) shelf that projects from wall above fireplace; 'in Britain they call a mantel a chimneypiece'.

校对:塞尔玛

• Tears rolled silently down Rosamond's cheeks; she just pressed her handkerchief against them, and stood looking at the large vase on the mantel-piece. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• She rose, and walking across the floor stood gazing at herself for a long time in the brightly-lit mirror above the mantel-piece. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• He understood that his own eyes must be unbearable, and turning away, rested his elbows on the mantel-shelf and covered his face. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• He had thrust his chest out, supporting his shoulders against the mantel and resting his weight on one large patent-leather foot. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• Something drummed and clanged furiously in his ears; he could not tell if it were the blood in his veins, or the tick of the clock on the mantel. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• I caught glimpses of velvet chairs, a high white marble mantel-piece, and what seemed to be a suit of Japanese armor at one side of it. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• Lydgate paused; but Rosamond turned her neck and looked at a vase on the mantel-piece. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• She turned and moved to the looking-glass above the mantel-piece. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• He walked towards the mantel-piece and leaned his arm on it, and waited in silence for--he hardly knew what. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• There was a score of candles sparkling round the mantel piece, in all sorts of quaint sconces, of gilt and bronze and porcelain. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Gerald stood leaning back against the mantel-piece. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• He emptied his glass, got up, and stood at the side of the fire, with his heavy brown hand on the mantel-shelf. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• So I could, if-- Fred broke off, and stood up, leaning against the mantel-piece. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• When her wooer turned from her she rested her arms against the mantel-shelf and bowed her face in her hands. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• It gradually faded as she saw Fred approach her without speaking, and stand before her with his elbow on the mantel-piece, looking ill. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Other stone-cutting machines had for their objects the cutting and moulding the edges of tables, mantels and slabs; and the cutting of circular and other curved work. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• Everything is stone, and stone of the heaviest--floors, stairways, mantels, benches--everything. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.

校对:米利森特