| 单词 | mount |
| 释义 | mount I. 1. a. < Mount Vesuvius > b. < mystics … returned from the mount of vision — J.S.Bixler > c. heraldry 2. a. archaic b. obsolete 3. a. < mount in the background is the icehouse — National Geographic > b. obsolete < have a mount of some pretty height … to look abroad into the fields — Francis Bacon > 4. obsolete 5. usually capitalized < the absence of Mounts … indicates the lack of the virtues represented by that Mount — Josef Ranald > — see lower mars, mount of apollo, mount of jupiter, mount of luna, mount of mercury, mount of saturn, mount of venus, upper mars II. intransitive verb 1. a. < weekends when passenger volume mounts sharply — W.A.Howe > < costs of operation … are continually mounting — C.F.Robinson > < you know how those storage bills mount up — Berton Roueché > b. < the cost of champagne … is liable to mount up to a couple of pounds per head — English Digest > 2. a. < the lark … mounting from the lea — William Allingham > < the soul mounting toward the eternal forms — Bernard DeVoto > b. < mounting ivy > < the narrow road mounts to higher levels — American Guide Series: Florida > < astride these promontories are … residential sections, and even some of the business areas have mounted partway — American Guide Series: Minnesota > c. < the skyscraper mounts through the dusk to a winking red light on top > d. < hid her face on the bounteous breast that mounted to her — George Meredith > e. < blushes mount to her cheeks — Upton Sinclair > f. < a vine, remarkable for its tendency … to mass and mount — Willa Cather > < a mounting economic and political problem — Gordon Walker > g. < mount to high moral indignation — M.R.Cohen > < a sense of mounting excitement — T.B.Costain > h. < meet and mount like stray dogs in the street — George Barker > 3. a. < younger brother … proposed to mount over the head of the elder by marrying the late King's widow — Edith Sitwell > b. archaic < an antiquity which mounts up to the eighth century of our era — J.M.Jephson > 4. a. < puts his foot in the stirrup and mounts > < mounted and rode off in a cloud of dust > b. < mount on French heels when you go to the ball — London Magazine > < the transmission mounts crosswise in the vehicle — Principles of Automotive Vehicles > 5. slang < their price is five shillings for what they call mounting — George Parker > transitive verb 1. a. < mounted a short flight of steps — W.B.Furlong > < the town mounts the hills — Claudia Cassidy > specifically < mount a pulpit > < mount the judicial bench > b. obsolete < did He … not only mount the firmament but ascend the heaven of heavens — James Hervey > c. archaic < first to mount the breach — Sir Walter Scott > 2. a. < hedgehogs … mount their pricks at my footfall — Shakespeare > < had the brilliant idea of mounting enormous masts … down the center of the roadway — H.V.Morton > < clouds … mounting thunderheads in the north — Norman Mailer > specifically b. < a cluster of outbuildings … each mounted on poles — Mary Kingsley > c. archaic < whom his tenth epic mounts to fame — Edward Young > < this mounts my soul with more heroic fires — Francis Quarles > 3. a. < on this rampart he mounted his little train of artillery — W.H.Prescott > b. < a war canoe mounting 40 or more oars > < a wooden stockade mounting cannon — P.M.Angle > < vehicles … which can mount 105 mm. recoilless weapons — Combat Forces Journal > c. (1) < mounted some guards > (2) < mount guard over the person of the emperor — A.M.Young > d. (1) < the logistical support … to mount and support the operation — H.A.Jordan > (2) < first ship specially designed for mounting helicopter assaults — A.W.Jessup > < mounted 1525 effective sorties during the period — New York Times > < is mounting a successful trade offensive — D.L.Cohn > 4. < crouching like a domestic hen that wants to be mounted — T.H.White b. 1906 > 5. a. < mount a horse > < went running to mount the motorcycle — Richard Llewellyn > < clouds mount the wind — Russell Lord > b. < mounted the tractor and rode into the barnyard > < a horse would be led out and I would be mounted … upon it — O.S.J.Gogarty > c. < wanted horses to mount his dragoons — American Guide Series: Vermont > 6. a. (1) < after the final polishing … the blade is ready to be mounted — L.D.Bement > < the pulley shaft is mounted on large capacity ball bearings — Whitin Review > specifically (2) < old Roman filet … mounted on a net foundation that would give almost invisible support to its fragile threads — advt > < black satin motifs mounted on white felt — Women's Wear Daily > specifically b. (1) < classifying, mounting, and labeling specimens — G.O.Blough > < the jeweler mounts a pearl in a ring > < mount a statue on a pedestal > specifically (2) < mounted a group of orangutans, and then a habitat group of muskrats — Clyde Fisher > (3) c. (1) < one of the finest shows the museum has ever mounted — Time > specifically (2) archaic < mounted a fashionable greatcoat — Sporting Magazine > d. < the manner in which a play is composed, mounted and performed — Samuel Selden > < a tastefully mounted television show > < a beautifully mounted circus, meaning it had luster and snap and dazzle — T.W.Duncan > specifically < the manager's stubborn determination to mount a Wagner opera although he had only a few leading singers to put into it — Marcia Davenport > Synonyms: see ascend, rise III. 1. a. < the circus rider leaped to the horse's back in a flying mount > < took pride in the spread and mount of his fame — J.L.Davis > specifically b. < the copulatory behavior of macaques … consists of a series of mounts — C.S.Ford & F.A.Beach > 2. a. b. < salon mount > c. < flexible platinum mount set with 68 round diamonds — Precious-Stone Jewelry > d. < a clock with ormolu mounts > e. < engine mount > < weapons on towed or self-propelled mounts — U.S. War Dept. Technical Manual > < invented a mount for a telescopic gunsight > < a good lens in focusing mount — R.C.Holslag > specifically f. g. (1) (2) h. < mount for a book cover > 3. a. < a cavalry action, with jeeps as mounts — Blair Clark > specifically < too many officers' mounts and not enough draft animals — F.V.W.Mason > b. < told me the color and the brand on every horse that was in my mount — Ross Santee > — compare string I 11c c. (1) < offering an unsuspecting person a mount on a savage horse — Robert Lynd > specifically < phone is always ringing, with owners and trainers offering mounts — Allen Andrews > (2) |
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