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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionarymount I \ˈmau̇nt\ noun ETYMOLOGY Middle English, from Old English munt & Anglo-French munt, mont, both from Latin mont-, mons; akin to Welsh mynydd mountain, Latin minari to project, threaten DATE before 12th century1. a high hill : mountain — used especially before an identifying name Mount Everest2. archaic : earthwork 13. mound 2a(1) II verb ETYMOLOGY Middle English, from Anglo-French munter, monter, from Vulgar Latin *montare, from Latin mont-, mons DATE 14th centuryintransitive verb1. rise, ascend2. to increase in amount or extent expenses began to mount3. to get up on something above the level of the ground; especially: to seat oneself (as on a horse) for ridingtransitive verb1. a. to go up : climb b. (1) to seat or place oneself on (2) to climb on top of for copulation2. a. to lift up : raise b. (1) to put or have (as artillery) in position (2) to have as equipment c. (1) to organize and equip (an attacking force) mount an army (2) to launch and carry out (as an assault or a campaign)3. to set on something that elevates4. a. to cause to get on a means of conveyance b. to furnish with animals for riding5. to post or set up for defense or observation mounted some guards6. a. to attach to a support b. to arrange or assemble for use or display7. a. to prepare (as a specimen) for examination or display b. to prepare and supply with materials needed for performance or execution mount an opera• mount·able \ˈmau̇n-tə-bəl\ adjective• mount·er noun III noun DATE 15th century1. an act or instance of mounting; specifically : an opportunity to ride a horse in a race2. frame, support: as a. the material (as cardboard) on which a picture is mounted b. a jewelry setting c. (1) an undercarriage or part on which a device (as a motor or an artillery piece) rests in service (2) an attachment for an accessory d. a hinge, card, or acetate envelope for mounting a stamp e. a glass slide with its accessories on which objects are placed for examination with a microscope3. a means of conveyance; especially : saddle horseEnglish Etymologymount 1. mount (v.) 13c., from O.Frhttp://O.Fr. monter "to go up, ascend, climb, mount," from V.L. *montare, from L. mons (gen. montis) "mountain" (see mount (n.)). Meaning "to set or place in position" first recorded 1530s. Sense of "to get up on (a horse, etc.) to ride" is from c.1500; "to get up on for purposes of copulation" is from 1590s. The colloquial noun meaning "a horse for riding" first recorded 1856. Related: Mounted; mounting. 2. mount (n.) "hill, mountain," mid-13c., from Anglo-Fr. mount, from O.Frhttp://O.Fr. mont "mountain;" also partly from O.E. munt "mountain;" both the O.E. and the O.Frhttp://O.Fr. from L. montem (nom. mons, gen.montis) "mountain," from PIE base *men- "to stand out, project" (cf. Welsh mynydd "mountain").Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7☞ mountmount / maunt / verbORGANIZE 组织 1. [VN] to organize and begin sth 准备；安排；组织开展 SYN arrange : to mount a protest / campaign / an exhibition 发起抗议/运动；举办展览 INCREASE 增加 2. [V] to increase gradually 逐步增加: Pressure is mounting on the government to change the law. 迫使政府修改法律的压力不断增加。 The death toll continues to mount. 死亡人数持续增加。 ⇨ see also mounting GO UP STH 攀登 3. [VN] (formal) to go up sth, or up on to sth that is raised 登上；爬上；攀登 SYN ascend : She slowly mounted the steps. 她慢慢地爬上台阶。 He mounted the platform and addressed the crowd. 他登上讲台对人群发表演说。 BICYCLE / HORSE 自行车；马 4. to get on a bicycle, horse, etc. in order to ride it 骑上；乘上；跨上: ▪ [VN] He mounted his horse and rode away. 他骑上马走了。 ▪ [also V] ⇨ see also mounted (1) OPP dismount PICTURE / JEWEL, ETC. 图画、宝石等 5. [VN] ~ sth (on / onto / in sth) to fix sth into position on sth, so that you can use it, look at it or study it 镶嵌；安置: The specimens were mounted on slides. 标本安放在载片上。 The diamond is mounted in gold. 这颗钻石镶在金饰物上。 OF MALE ANIMAL 雄性动物 6. [VN] to get onto the back of a female animal in order to have sex 爬上(雌性动物的背)进行交配 IDIOMS ⇨ see guard n. PHRASAL VERBS ▪ 7mount 'up to increase gradually in size and quantity (尺寸和数量上)增加,上升: Meanwhile, my debts were mounting up. 同时,我的债务还在不断增加。 SYN build upnounMOUNTAIN 山 1. Mount (abbr. Mt) (used in modern English only in place names 在现代英语里仅用于地名) a mountain or a hill 山；山峰: Mt Everest 珠穆朗玛峰 St Michael's Mount 圣迈克尔山 HORSE 马 2. (formal or literary) a horse that you ride on 坐骑FOR DISPLAYING / SUPPORTING STH 用以展示/支持某物 3. something such as a piece of card or glass that you put sth on or attach sth to, to display it 衬纸板；载片；裱褙4. (also mount·ing) something that an object stands on or is attached to for support 托架；支撑架: an engine / gun mount 发动机/炮架 Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of EnglishOxford Collocations dictionary for students of Englishmount verb 1 organize sth ADV. successfully The company successfully mounted a takeover bid in 1996. 2 increase ADV. quickly, rapidly | steadily | gradually | hourly Election fever is mounting hourly. | up The cost quickly mounts up. VERB + MOUNT begin to, continue to 3 picture/jewel, etc. ADV. beautifully The prints were beautifully mounted. | carefully | directly The switch is mounted directly on the wall. | horizontally, vertically PREP. in The diamond is mounted in gold. | on The specimens were carefully mounted on slides. OLTmount verb⇨ climb (mount a platform)⇨ get in (mount a horse)⇨ organize (mount a campaign)Webster's Third New International Dictionary, UnabridgedmountI. \ˈmau̇nt\ noun(-s)Etymology: Middle English munt, mont, mount, partly from Old English munt, from Latin mont-, mons; partly from Old French mont, from Latin mont-, mons; akin to Old Norse mœnir ridgepole, mœna to project, Latin minari to project, threaten, Welsh mynydd mountain, Avestan framanyente they get a head start, mati- promontory; basic meaning: mountain1. a. : a lofty promontory : mountain; specifically : a high usually more or less conical detached hill rising from a landscape < Mount Vesuvius > b. : a lofty position : vantage point < mystics … returned from the mount of vision — J.S.Bixler > c. heraldry : a hill proper vert in base2. a. archaic : a protective earthwork : rampart b. obsolete : cavalier 13. a. : an artificial elevation : mound < mount in the background is the icehouse — National Geographic > b. obsolete : an elevated area in a garden that affords a view of the surrounding countryside < have a mount of some pretty height … to look abroad into the fields — Francis Bacon >4. obsolete : a lending agency : bank, pawnbroker — compare mont-de-piété5. usually capitalized : a small protrusion of flesh on the palm of the hand especially at the base of a finger that is held by palmists to indicate predominant traits and degrees of temperament < 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 marsII. verb(-ed/-ing/-s)Etymology: Middle English mounten, from Middle French monter, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin montare, from Latin mont-, mons mountainintransitive verb1. a. : to become greater in amount or extent : increase < 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. : to reach an ultimate amount or extent : total < the cost of champagne … is liable to mount up to a couple of pounds per head — English Digest >2. a. : to wing upward : soar < the lark … mounting from the lea — William Allingham > < the soul mounting toward the eternal forms — Bernard DeVoto > b. : to make or appear to make a steep ascent : climb < 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. : to reach upward : tower < the skyscraper mounts through the dusk to a winking red light on top > d. : to move upward : rise < hid her face on the bounteous breast that mounted to her — George Meredith > e. : to surge up and suffuse the face < blushes mount to her cheeks — Upton Sinclair > f. : to attain greater height or magnitude : grow < a vine, remarkable for its tendency … to mass and mount — Willa Cather > < a mounting economic and political problem — Gordon Walker > g. : to become aroused or amplified : kindle, intensify < mount to high moral indignation — M.R.Cohen > < a sense of mounting excitement — T.B.Costain > h. : couple I 1 < meet and mount like stray dogs in the street — George Barker >3. a. : to become promoted : advance < younger brother … proposed to mount over the head of the elder by marrying the late King's widow — Edith Sitwell > b. archaic : to reach back through the years < an antiquity which mounts up to the eighth century of our era — J.M.Jephson >4. a. : to seat oneself upon a means of conveyance (as a horse) < puts his foot in the stirrup and mounts > < mounted and rode off in a cloud of dust > b. : to become elevated by or secured to a support < 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 : to ascend the witness stand : testify < their price is five shillings for what they call mounting — George Parker >transitive verb1. a. : to climb or appear to climb : ascend < mounted a short flight of steps — W.B.Furlong > < the town mounts the hills — Claudia Cassidy > specifically : to take one's place on a raised structure < mount a pulpit > < mount the judicial bench > b. obsolete : to soar into < did He … not only mount the firmament but ascend the heaven of heavens — James Hervey > c. archaic : to scale for the purpose of assault < first to mount the breach — Sir Walter Scott >2. a. : to lift up : elevate < 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 : to raise (a shotgun) to the shoulder preparatory to firing b. : to set on something that elevates < a cluster of outbuildings … each mounted on poles — Mary Kingsley > c. archaic : to raise in esteem or spirituality : exalt < whom his tenth epic mounts to fame — Edward Young > < this mounts my soul with more heroic fires — Francis Quarles >3. a. : to dispose in battle array : position < on this rampart he mounted his little train of artillery — W.H.Prescott > b. : to be equipped with or have in position < 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) : to post for defense or observation < mounted some guards > (2) : to take up (a post of protective custody) < mount guard over the person of the emperor — A.M.Young > d. (1) : to organize and equip (an attacking force) < the logistical support … to mount and support the operation — H.A.Jordan > (2) : to launch and carry out (an assault or campaign) < 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. : cover I 10a < crouching like a domestic hen that wants to be mounted — T.H.White b. 1906 >5. a. : to get on (a means of conveyance) < mount a horse > < went running to mount the motorcycle — Richard Llewellyn > < clouds mount the wind — Russell Lord > b. : to sit or be set upon (a means of conveyance) < 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. : to furnish with a means of conveyance < wanted horses to mount his dragoons — American Guide Series: Vermont >6. a. (1) : to attach to a support or assemble for use < 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 : to attach to a base (as of metal or wood) and make type high (a printing plate or cut) (2) : to attach to a backing for reinforcement or display < 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 : to glue or paste (as a sheet of paper) upon firm material in bookbinding b. : to prepare for display: as (1) : to frame or provide with an appropriate setting < classifying, mounting, and labeling specimens — G.O.Blough > < the jeweler mounts a pearl in a ring > < mount a statue on a pedestal > specifically : to place (an object) on a slide for microscopic examination (2) : to stuff or arrange (the skin or skeleton of an animal) for exhibition especially in a natural position or attitude — compare taxidermy < mounted a group of orangutans, and then a habitat group of muskrats — Clyde Fisher > (3) : to fasten (a stamp) on the page of an album especially by use of a hinge or on a sheet of paper or cardboard for display c. (1) : to put on view : exhibit < one of the finest shows the museum has ever mounted — Time > specifically : to arrange (a slide) under a microscope for examination (2) archaic : to don especially for display < mounted a fashionable greatcoat — Sporting Magazine > d. : to provide with scenery, costumes, lighting, and properties :equip for public presentation < 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 : produce < 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, riseIII. noun(-s)1. a. : an act or instance of mounting < 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 : a gymnastic maneuver consisting of a spring from the floor to a position on the apparatus b. : coupling 1 < the copulatory behavior of macaques … consists of a series of mounts — C.S.Ford & F.A.Beach >2. : frame, support: as a. : the strips (as of wood or ivory) constituting the framework of a fan b. : a mat that serves as a background for a picture < salon mount > c. : a jewelry setting < flexible platinum mount set with 68 round diamonds — Precious-Stone Jewelry > d. : a decorative border or detail applied to objects (as furniture, clocks, saddles); also : protective or functional hardware (as escutcheons or drawer pulls) of furniture — usually used in plural < a clock with ormolu mounts > e. : an undercarriage or part that fits a device for use or serves to attach an accessory < 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 : the base upon which a printing plate or cut is mounted to make it type high f. : a hinge, card, or acetate envelope for mounting a stamp for display (as in an album) g. (1) : a glass slide with its accessories on which objects are placed for examination with a microscope (2) : a specimen mounted on a slide for microscopic examination h. : a piece of material used for reinforcement or backing < mount for a book cover >3. a. : a means of conveyance < a cavalry action, with jeeps as mounts — Blair Clark > specifically : saddle horse < too many officers' mounts and not enough draft animals — F.V.W.Mason > b. : a supply of saddle horses < told me the color and the brand on every horse that was in my mount — Ross Santee > — compare string I 11c c. (1) : an opportunity to ride < offering an unsuspecting person a mount on a savage horse — Robert Lynd > specifically : an assignment to ride as a jockey in a race < phone is always ringing, with owners and trainers offering mounts — Allen Andrews > (2) : a horse entered in a competition

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