单词 | Mount |
释义 | Mounta mountain on the border between Lebanon and SW Syria, in the Anti-Lebanon Range: represented the NE limits of Israelite conquests under Moses and Joshua. Height: 2814 m (9232 ft) mount 1(maʊnt) verb 1. to go up (a hill, stairs, etc); climb 2. to get up on (a horse, a platform, etc) 3. (intransitive; often foll by up) io increase; accumulate excitement mounted 4. (transitive) to fix onto a backing, setting, or support to mount a photograph to mount a slide 5. (transitive) to provide with a horse for riding, or to place on a horse 6. (of male animals) to climb onto (a female animal) for copulation 7. (transitive) to prepare (a play, musical comedy, etc) for production 8. (transitive) to plan and organize (a campaign, an exhibition, etc) 9. (transitive) military to prepare or launch (an operation) the Allies mounted an offensive 10. (transitive) to prepare (a skeleton, dead animal, etc) for exhibition as a specimen 11. (transitive) to place or carry (weapons) in such a position that they can be fired 12. mount guard noun 13. a backing, setting, or support onto which something is fixed 14. the act or manner of mounting 15. a horse for riding 16. a slide used in microscopy 17. philately a. a small transparent pocket in an album for a postage stamp b. another word for hinge (sense 5) Derived forms mountable (ˈmountable) adjective mounter (ˈmounter) noun Word origin C16: from Old French munter, from Vulgar Latin montāre (unattested) from Latin mons mount2mount 2(maʊnt) noun 1. a mountain or hill: used in literature and (when cap.) in proper names Mount Everest 2. (in palmistry) any of the seven cushions of flesh on the palm of the hand Word origin Old English munt, from Latin mons mountain, but influenced in Middle English by Old French mont |
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