Significado de mantle em português

• 0 the responsibilities of an important position or job, especially as given from the person who had the job to the person who replaces them

  • She unsuccessfully attempted to assume the mantle of the presidency.

  • He has been asked to take on the mantle of managing director in the New York office.

• 1 a layer of something that covers a surface

  • A thick mantle of snow lay on the ground.

  • We watched the building vanish under a mantle of thick smoke as the fire swiftly moved through it.