| 释义 |
mounted, a.|ˈmaʊntɪd|
[f. mount v. + -ed1.]
1. Of material things: Elevated or piled up like a mountain. Now rare.
1582Stanyhurst æneis ii. (Arb.) 69 Lucifer owtpeaking in tips of mounted hil Ida On draws thee dawning. 1614Sir A. Gorges tr. Lucan i. 26 The stilled maine Reclaimes her mounted waues againe. 1859G. Meredith R. Feverel xix, At the farthest bourne of mounted eastern cloud, the heralds of the sun lay rosy fingers.
†2.
a. Elevated in situation. Also fig. Obs.
1601? Marston Pasquil & Kath. i. 115 What's wealth without respect and mounted place? a1645Habington Surv. Worc. in Worc. Hist. Soc. Proc. ii. 271 Descendinge from the mounted Prioryes of Maluerne..I come to Hanly Castele.
b. Elevated on a platform or stage. Obs.
1683in Kennett tr. Erasm. on Folly (e) 3 b, While mounted Andrews, bawdy, bold, and loud, Like Cocks, alarum all the drowsie Crowd.
3. a. Seated on the back of a horse or other animal. Also, of soldiers: Appointed to serve on horseback. attrib., as mounted branch, mounted infantry, mounted police, mounted rifles (see quots.).
In more recent use said also of the rider of a bicycle or tricycle.
1598Barret Theor. Warres 141 These mounted people ought to haue some skill in diseases of horses. 1792Deb. Congress U.S. (1849) 18 Sept. 1134 General Harman..detached..the mounted infantry. 1799Instr. & Reg. Cavalry (1813) 279 In passing on foot, all mounted officers are in front of the regiment, except the adjutant. 1834R. M. Martin Hist. Brit. Colonies I. iii. 147 There is a mounted police officered by [Indian] natives. 1858E. H. D. Domenech Missionary Adventures Texas & Mexico 177 The Indians were once nearly taking prisoners a whole company of mounted infantry. 1859J. Blackwood Let. 24 July in Geo. Eliot Lett. (1954) III. 121 The animal is..under charge of..the veterinary of the Mounted Police. 1878Saskatchewan Herald (Battleford) 25 Aug. 1/2 Shoal Lake has been created the headquarters of the Mounted Police for that district. 1882Army & Navy Mag. May 19 The ideal Mounted Infantry is, what the name implies, infantry soldiers mounted on horseback for the purpose of enabling them to get with celerity from one position to another. 1901Empire Rev. I 375 While Mounted Infantry are footmen trained for purposes of mobility to ride a horse or bicycle, Mounted Rifles are horsemen trained to fight on foot. 1935N. Mitchison We have been Warned iv. 452 Six mounted police went by at the trot, scattering the crowd. 1963Calgary Herald Mag. 4 Oct. 48/4 An old Mounted Police stable may..be seen. 1970P. Laurie Scotland Yard ii. 50 A specialist job: the CID..Mounted Branch.
b. Of evolutions, etc.: Performed on horseback.
1883Daily News 31 Aug. 6/6 A series of mounted contests promoted for the entertainment of the garrison.
4. Set up or adjusted for use; placed on a stand or support; fitted.
1692Sir W. Hope Fencing-Master (ed. 2) 161 A well mounted sword, which is light before the Hand... If the Hilt contrepoise the Blade, it is well mounted, otherwise not. 1854Fairholt Dict. Terms Art, Mounted, secured to a mount. A term applied to a print or drawing fastened upon mounting-paper or card-board. 1855Hopkins Organ 122 The Mounted Cornet is a Compound-stop, consisting usually of 5 ranks of pipes, made to a very large scale. 1879Cassell's Techn. Educ. IV. 123/1 The stuffed animals and mounted skeletons. 1900Daily News 1 June 2/7 A fine five-inch equatorially mounted astronomical telescope.
5. Mil. Of cannon: Set up for use. Of a fort, a ship, etc.: Furnished (with cannon).
1639Baillie in Boyd Zion's Flowers (1855) Introd. 45 Our Hill was garnished..with our mounted canon. 1769Falconer Dict. Marine (1780), Mounted, the state of being armed..with a certain number of cannon; expressed of a vessel of war. 1829Marryat F. Mildmay iv, The quarter⁓deck guns all adrift, and not even mounted.
6. Her.
a. Of a horse: Bearing a rider.
b. Of a cross or the like: Set upon greces or degrees.
1828–40Berry Encycl. Herald. I.
7. Of a project, exhibition, or radio or television programme: produced, directed, arranged. Cf. mount v. 17 d.
1895in Funk's Stand. Dict. 1966Listener 30 June 945/2 The carefully mounted [broadcast] series for mentally handicapped children. 1971Nature 9 July 74/1 The medical problems of many developing countries,..should be amenable to all kinds of internationally mounted projects. |