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单词 mounting
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
mount•ing /ˈmaʊntɪŋ/USA pronunciation   n. 
  1. [uncountable] the act of a person or thing that mounts.
  2. a mount, support, or setting:[countable]a mounting of black stone.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
mount•ing  (mounting),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. the act of a person or thing that mounts.
  2. something that serves as a mount, support, setting, or the like:a new mounting for an heirloom jewel.
  • 1400–50; late Middle English; see mount1, -ing1

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
mounting /ˈmaʊntɪŋ/ n
  1. another word for mount1
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
mount1 /maʊnt/USA pronunciation   v. 
  1. to go up;
    climb;
    ascend: [+ object]She mounted the stairs.[no object]I approached the stairs and mounted carefully.
  2. to get up on (a platform, a horse, etc.): [+ object]He mounted the stage and strode to the podium.[no object]mounted smoothly and galloped off.
  3. to set (a person) on horseback:[+ object]She mounted her daughter on the horse next to hers.
  4. to set or place at a higher position:[+ object]The Greeks mounted their wooden horse on a platform.
  5. to organize and launch (an attack, etc.):[+ object]A search was mounted the next day.
  6. to put (a sentry) on guard:[+ object]to mount a 24-hour watch.
  7. to fix on or in a frame, etc.:[+ object]to mount a photograph on cardboard.
  8. Show Business to provide (a play, etc.) with scenery, costumes, etc., for production:[+ object]The school managed to mount quite a performance for their end-of-year play.
  9. Animal Behavior[+ object] (of an animal) to climb upon (another animal) for sexual relations.
  10. to increase in amount or intensity:[(+ up ) ]The tension mounted (up) as the two old enemies began their debate.

n. [countable]
  1. an animal, or sometimes a vehicle, as a bicycle, used for riding:an easy-going mount for a child to ride.
  2. a support, backing, etc., on or in which something is mounted.
mount•a•ble, adj. 
mount•er, n. [countable]

mount2 /maʊnt/USA pronunciation   n. 
  1. a mountain: [countable]to climb a mount.[often: Mount* no article;
    part of the name of a mountain]
    climbing Mount Kilimanjaro.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
mount1  (mount),USA pronunciation v.t. 
  1. to go up;
    climb;
    ascend:to mount stairs.
  2. to get up on (a platform, a horse, etc.).
  3. to set or place at an elevation:to mount a house on stilts.
  4. to furnish with a horse or other animal for riding.
  5. to set or place (a person) on horseback.
  6. to organize, as an army.
  7. to prepare and launch, as an attack or a campaign.
  8. to raise or put into position for use, as a gun.
  9. Military(of a fortress or warship) to have or carry (guns) in position for use.
  10. to go or put on guard, as a sentry or watch.
  11. to attach to or fix on or in a support, backing, setting, etc.:to mount a photograph; to mount a diamond in a ring.
  12. to arrange for display:to mount a museum exhibit.
  13. Show Businessto provide (a play, musical comedy, opera, etc.) with scenery, costumes, and other equipment for production.
  14. Biologyto prepare (an animal body or skeleton) as a specimen.
  15. (of a male animal) to climb upon (a female) for copulation.
  16. [Micros.]
    • to prepare (a slide) for microscopic investigation.
    • to prepare (a sample) for examination by a microscope, as by placing it on a slide.

v.i. 
  1. to increase in amount or intensity (often fol. by up):The cost of all those small purchases mounts up.
  2. to get up on the back of a horse or other animal for riding.
  3. to rise or go to a higher position, level, degree, etc.;
    ascend.
  4. to get up on something, as a platform.

n. 
  1. the act or a manner of mounting.
  2. a horse, other animal, or sometimes a vehicle, as a bicycle, used, provided, or available for riding.
  3. an act or occasion of riding a horse, esp. in a race.
  4. a support, backing, setting, or the like, on or in which something is, or is to be, mounted or fixed.
  5. Furniturean ornamental metal piece applied to a piece of wooden furniture.
  6. [Micros.]a prepared slide.
  7. a distinctive metal feature on a sheath or scabbard, as a locket or chape.
  8. Stamps[Philately.]hinge (def. 4).
  9. Printinga wooden or metal block to which a plate is secured for printing.
  • Vulgar Latin *montāre, derivative of Latin mont- (stem of mōns) mount2
  • Old French munter, monter
  • Middle English mounten 1300–50
mounta•ble, adj. 
mountless, adj. 
    • 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged scale. See climb. 
    • 19.See corresponding entry in Unabridged soar.
    • 22.See corresponding entry in Unabridged steed, charger, palfrey.
    • 1, 19.See corresponding entry in Unabridged descend.

mount2  (mount),USA pronunciation n. [Chiefly Literary.]
  1. a mountain: often used as part of a placename.
  • Latin mont- (stem of mōns) mountain, hill
  • Middle English, Old English munt bef. 900

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
mount /maʊnt/ vb
  1. to go up (a hill, stairs, etc); climb
  2. to get up on (a horse, a platform, etc)
  3. (intransitive) often followed 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 compaign, an exhibition, etc)
  9. (transitive) to prepare (a skeleton, dead animal, etc) for exhibition as a specimen
  10. (transitive) to place or carry (weapons) in such a position that they can be fired
  11. mount guard
    See guard
n
  1. a backing, setting, or support onto which something is fixed
  2. the act or manner of mounting
  3. a horse for riding
  4. a slide used in microscopy
Etymology: 16th Century: from Old French munter, from Vulgar Latin montāre (unattested) from Latin mons mount²

ˈmountable adj ˈmounter n
mount /maʊnt/ n
  1. a mountain or hill: used in literature and (when cap.) in proper names: Mount Everest
Etymology: Old English munt, from Latin mons mountain, but influenced in Middle English by Old French mont
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