单词 | dismount |
释义 | dismountn. An act or method of dismounting. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > [noun] > dismounting unloupingc1600 dismount1654 society > travel > transport > cycling > [noun] > manner of mounting or dismounting dismount1886 mount1891 1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iii. viii. 123 A Tournament, [led] to an Over-turne; that, to a Dismount. 1886 Cyclist 6 Oct. 1325/1 The pedal dismount is the best for this form of bicycle. 1888 Chicago Advance 5 July Frequent dismounts [from bicycle] in connection with a hot pace, are fatiguing. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2019). dismountv. I. intransitive. 1. To come down from a height; to descend. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > move downwards [verb (intransitive)] styc825 astyc975 alightOE to fall adownOE hieldc1275 downcomea1300 sink?a1300 avalec1374 to go downa1375 to come downc1380 dipc1390 descenda1393 clinea1400 declinea1400 downc1400 inclinec1400 vailc1400 fallc1440 devall1477 condescendc1485 to get down1567 lower1575 dismount1579 to fall down1632 down?1701 demount1837 1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. May 315 The bright Sunne gynneth to dismount. 1589 R. Greene Menaphon sig. G2 Cupide [had] dismounted from his mothers lappe, left his bow & quiuer at random. 1677 J. Crowne Destr. Jerusalem Day is dismounted on the watry Plain. 1726 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey V. xx. 76 If dismounted from the rapid cloud, Me with his whelming wave let Ocean shrowd! 2. a. To get down, alight (from a horse or other animal; also, formerly, from a vehicle). ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > ride a horse (or other animal) [verb (intransitive)] > dismount lighteOE alightOE falla1300 avoid1485 demountc1540 elight1542 descend1548 avale1590 dismount1594 alighten1600 unlight1623 unhorse1633 unmount1655 to get off1688 society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > riding in a vehicle > ride in a vehicle [verb (intransitive)] > alight from a vehicle dismount1594 avale1596 land1693 alight1704 to step out1753 unlight1796 to hop in (also out)1955 deboard1960 1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1822) iii. 295 Incontinent the horsmen of twa legionis..demountit haistilie fra thare hors.] 1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus v. ii. 54 I will dismount and by thy waggon wheele, Trotte like a seruile footeman. View more context for this quotation 1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres iv. 102 Neither yet in the day of battell ought he to dismount. 1605 Play Stucley in R. Simpson School of Shakspere (1878) I. 251 Dismount thee Muly from thy chariot wheels. 1697 J. Dryden Ded. Georgics in tr. Virgil Wks. sig. ¶2v He..dismounted from the Saddle. 1705 London Gaz. No. 4151/3 Their Dragoons dismounted. 1788 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall (1846) V. l. 16 He instantly dismounted to present the pilgrim with his camel. 1832 W. Irving Alhambra II. 174 Every horseman was obliged to dismount at the gate. b. spec. of a stallion. ΚΠ 1686 N. Cox Gentleman's Recreation (ed. 3) v. ii. 17 Cold water to throw on the Mare's Shape, immediately on the dismounting of the Horse. II. transitive. 3. To come down from (a height or elevated place); to descend. Obsolete (except as associated with 4.) ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > descend [verb (transitive)] avalea1513 descend1536 dismount1589 to fall down ——1600 sink1805 1589 R. Robinson Golden Mirrour sig. Cv Dismounting thus the hill, I did retyre. 1620 Quarles Jonah in E. Farr Sel. Poetry Reign James I (1848) 131 He straight dismounts his throne. 1694 R. Franck Northern Mem. 28 It's only dismounting our Apartments to mount our Horses. 1844 [see dismounting n. and adj. at Derivatives]. 4. To get off, alight from (a horse, etc.). ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > ride (a horse or other animal) [verb (transitive)] > dismount from void1470 avoid1557 unstride1635 dismount1638 to get off ——1652 unmount1892 1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 96 Hee is made to dismount his Elephant. a1653 Z. Boyd Zion's Flowers (1855) 30 Dismount your..steeds. 1859 J. M. Jephson & L. Reeve Narr. Walking Tour Brittany 236 A peasant has just dismounted his white horse. 5. a. (causal) To throw down from a horse, etc.; to unseat, unhorse. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > ride (a horse or other animal) [verb (transitive)] > keep one's seat on (a horse) > unseat, throw (the rider) casta1300 unhorse1390 throwa1425 unsaddlea1470 unseat1596 dismounta1616 fall1688 to funk (a person) off1821 unship1831 dishorse1859 to buck off1881 shift1891 a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) iii. vii. 76 Your Horse..would trot as well, were some of your bragges dismounted . View more context for this quotation 1633 P. Fletcher Purple Island xi. xx. 150 The Martial Virgins spear..dismounts her foe on dustie plain. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vii. 19 Least from this flying Steed unrein'd..Dismounted, on th' Aleian Field I fall. View more context for this quotation 1838 E. Bulwer-Lytton Leila ii. ii. 76 Several of his knights were dismounted. b. To deprive of horses; the opposite of mount = to supply with horses. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military organization > logistics > practise logistics [verb (transitive)] > provide horses > deprive of horses dismount1843 1843 W. Youatt Horse (new ed.) xxiv. 457 Diseases that used to dismount whole troops. 6. To remove (a thing) from that on which it has been mounted; esp. to take or throw down (a gun or cannon) from its carriage or other support, either deliberately for tactical purposes, or by hostile missiles. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > management of artillery > operate (artillery) [verb (transitive)] > mount on carriage > dismount or unlimber dismount1544 demount1577 unstock1598 unbrack1611 unlimber1760 1544 Late Exped. Scotl. sig. B.iii One of our peices, with shotte out the sayde castel, was stroken and dismounted. 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie i. xix. 22 They burst one of their best peeces, and dismounted foure other. 1625 G. Markham Souldiers Accidence 26 Dismount your Musquet, and carrie it with the Rest. 1659 D. Pell Πελαγος 542 Trees are rent up by the roots, and out-housing dismounted. 1707 London Gaz. No. 4359/2 One of our Ships..had dismounted Two of their Batteries. 1845 S. Austin tr. L. von Ranke Hist. Reformation in Germany (ed. 2) II. 345 Part of their cannon..they dismounted and placed on mules. 1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) IV. 46/1 A whole drawer-full of mounted shells may, by bad handling, be dismounted from their tablet at one shock. 7. To take (a thing) out of that in which it is set or enclosed; to remove (a gem, etc.) from its setting or ‘mount’; to take (mechanism) from its framework, take to pieces. †dismount thy tuck (Shakespeare): draw thy rapier from its sheath. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > making jewellery or setting with jewels > set or stud (something) with gems [verb (transitive)] > to remove stone from its setting dismounta1616 society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > cut of sharp weapon > cut or thrust with sword > strike with sword [verb (transitive)] > draw (sword) abraidOE braidOE adrawlOE drawlOE ydrawlOE out-braidc1330 outsheatha1400 undrawc1400 outhelea1500 unsheathea1542 nake1607 unscabbard1611 dissheathe1614 dismounta1616 the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or breaking up into constituent parts > separate into constituents [verb (transitive)] > take apart to-lithec1000 unjoinc1400 joint1530 unpart1536 disjoin1579 disjoint1587 untruss?1605 untack1641 ravela1658 disartuate1660 to take apart1744 demount1756 disarticulate1808 dismount1859 disassemble1881 destructure1951 deconstruct1973 a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) iii. iv. 218. 1684 Bp. G. Burnet tr. T. More Utopia 121 Nor will Men buy it [sc. a precious stone], unless it be dismounted and taken out of the Gold. 1859 Regulations for Musketry Instr. Army 13 When the lock is dismounted. 8. To set, put, or bring down from an elevated position; to lower. ? Obsolete. (In 1597 figurative from 6.) ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > cause to come or go down [verb (transitive)] > lower or let down abeyOE fellOE to let down1154 lowc1330 vailc1330 revalec1475 to let fallc1500 bate1530 stoop1530 down1595 fall1595 embase1605 dismount1609 lower1626 sink1632 prostratea1718 1609 W. Shakespeare Louers Complaint in Sonnets sig. L2 His watrie eies he did dismount, Whose sightes till then were leaueld on my face. 1633 G. Herbert Man in Temple iv His eyes dismount the highest starre. 1665 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 66 The Doolaes were no sooner dismounted, but that thereout issued the Amazones. 1744 E. Young Complaint: Night the Seventh 59 Sorceries of Sense!..Dismount her [sc. the soul] from her native Wing. a. To bring down from lofty position or high estimation; to cast down, lower, debase. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > humiliation > humiliate [verb (transitive)] anitherOE fellOE lowc1175 to lay lowc1225 to set adownc1275 snuba1340 meekc1350 depose1377 aneantizea1382 to bring lowa1387 declinea1400 meekenc1400 to pull downc1425 avalec1430 to-gradea1440 to put downc1440 humble1484 alow1494 deject?1521 depress1526 plucka1529 to cut (rarely to cast down) the comb of?1533 to bring down1535 to bring basec1540 adbass1548 diminish1560 afflict1561 to take down1562 to throw down1567 debase1569 embase1571 diminute1575 to put (also thrust) a person's nose out of jointc1576 exinanite1577 to take (a person) a peg lower1589 to take (a person) down a peg (or two)1589 disbasea1592 to take (a person) down a buttonhole (or two)1592 comb-cut1593 unpuff1598 atterr1605 dismount1608 annihilate1610 crest-fall1611 demit1611 pulla1616 avilea1617 to put a scorn on, upon1633 mortify1639 dimit1658 to put a person's pipe out1720 to let down1747 to set down1753 humiliate1757 to draw (a person's) eyeteeth1789 start1821 squabash1822 to wipe a person's eye1823 to crop the feathers of1827 embarrass1839 to knock (also take, etc.) (a person) off his or her perch1864 to sit upon ——1864 squelch1864 to cut out of all feather1865 to sit on ——1868 to turn down1870 to score off1882 to do (a person) in the eye1891 puncture1908 to put (a person) in (also into) his, her place1908 to cut down to size1927 flatten1932 to slap (a person) down1938 punk1963 1608 J. Day Law-trickes sig. H4 Now Daughter make thee fit, To combat and dismount her actiue wit. 1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 447 The positive Detractor..dismounts the most merited Reputation with some But. a1718 W. Penn Maxims in Wks. (1726) I. 824 Drunkenness..spoils Health, dismounts the Mind, and unmans Men. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > removal from office or authority > remove from office or authority [verb (transitive)] outOE deposec1300 remuec1325 to put out1344 to set downc1369 deprivec1374 outputa1382 removea1382 to throw outa1382 to put downc1384 privea1387 to set adowna1387 to put out of ——?a1400 amovec1425 disappoint1434 unmakec1475 dismiss1477 dispoint1483 voidc1503 to set or put beside (or besides) the cushion1546 relieve1549 cass1550 displace1553 unauthorize1554 to wring out1560 seclude1572 eject1576 dispost1577 decass1579 overboard1585 cast1587 sequester1587 to put to grass1589 cashier1592 discompose1599 abdicate1610 unseat1611 dismount1612 disoffice1627 to take off1642 unchair1645 destitute1653 lift1659 resign1674 quietus1688 superannuate1692 derange1796 shelve1812 shelf1819 Stellenbosch1900 defenestrate1917 axe1922 retire1961 1612 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 94 But Supersticion dismountes all these [sc. Sense, Philosophy, Piety, etc.] and erecteth an absolute Tyranny in the minde of Men. 1651 N. Bacon Contin. Hist. Disc. Govt. 117 Dukes were dismounted without Conviction. a1677 I. Barrow Of Love of God (1680) 103 Did not Samuel exercise such a charity, when..injuriously dismounted from his authority? ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > flatness or levelness > make flat or level [verb (transitive)] evenlOE slighta1300 planec1350 complanec1420 levelc1450 dismount1563 planish1580 equalize1596 equal1610 to even out1613 flat1613 flattena1631 complanate1643 platten1688 reconcile1712 range1825 macadamize1826 lay1892 plata1903 1563 T. Sackville in W. Baldwin et al. Myrrour for Magistrates (new ed.) Induct. Xerxes..Dismounted hills, and made the vales uprear. Derivatives disˈmounting n. and adj. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > [noun] > descending stairs dismounting1562 the mind > emotion > humility > humiliation > [adjective] > humiliating dismounting1562 abasing1615 humiliating1757 humiliative1821 snubbish1840 humiliant1844 snubby1867 humiliatory1872 snubbing1887 lowering1899 deflating1933 society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > management of artillery > [noun] > removal of guns from mounts dismounting1562 the mind > emotion > humility > humiliation > [noun] bismerc893 humiliationc1386 lowinga1398 dejectionc1450 avale?a1513 depression?1531 embasing1551 abasement1561 debasement1593 mortification1598 exinanitiona1631 demissiona1638 dejectment1656 depressure1656 dismounting1677 letting down1827 take-down1858 snubbing1861 scoring1893 deflation1958 1562 P. Whitehorne Certain Waies Orderyng Souldiers f. 36, in tr. N. Machiavelli Arte of Warre To saue the said artillerie from dismounting. 1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 446 Cold Praise..or Interruption of it, with a Dismounting But. 1677 R. Gilpin Dæmonol. Sacra ii. viii. 355 Intended for the dismounting of the confidence of the Wicked. 1844 B. Disraeli Coningsby I. i. i. 7 The number of stairs..the time their mountings and dismountings must have absorbed. 1870 Daily News 11 Nov. The dismounting of the heavy battery on the bank of the Rhine..commenced yesterday. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1654v.1544 |
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