核心畫面
At the bottom of mount is the picture of going up — rising up a slope, step by step, the way you climb a hill. From that one upward movement the word spreads three ways: rising onto something (a horse, a ), rising in amount (a total mounting up), and setting something up high or firmly in place (mounting a picture, mounting a campaign). The noun 'Mount' is the hill itself.
可以想成:mount 底層是「往上」的畫面——沿著坡一階一階登高,就像爬一座山。從這個向上的動作,字往三個方向散開:…更多收起
可以想成:mount 底層是「往上」的畫面——沿著坡一階一階登高,就像爬一座山。從這個向上的動作,字往三個方向散開:往上爬到某個東西上(馬背、樓梯)、數量往上累積(總數越疊越高)、把東西架高或穩穩固定在位置上(裱框、架設、發起一場行動)。名詞的 Mount 則直接就是那座山本身。原始詞典資料32 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Mountname
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A surname.
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A hamlet in Perranzabuloe parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW7856).
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A hamlet in Warleggan parish, east Cornwall (OS grid ref SX1468).
mountnoun詞源 1/maʊnt/
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A hill or mountain.
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Any of seven fleshy prominences in the palm of the hand, taken to represent the influences of various heavenly bodies.
- the mount of Jupiter
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obsoleteA bulwark for offence or defence; a mound.
- ⸿ For thus hath the Lord of hoſtes said ; Hew yee downe trees and ‖ caſt a mount againſt Jeruſalem : this is the citie to be viſited, ſhe is wholly oppreſſion in the midſt of her.
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obsoleteA bank; a fund.
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governmentheraldryhobbiesA green hillock in the base of a shield.
mountnoun詞源 2/maʊnt/
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An animal, usually a horse, used to ride on.
- The rider climbed onto his mount.
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A car, bicycle, or motorcycle used for racing.
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A mounting; an object on which another object is mounted.
- The post is the mount on which the mailbox is installed.
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obsoleteA rider in a cavalry unit or division.
- The General said he has 2,000 mounts.
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A step or block to assist in mounting a horse.
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A signal for mounting a horse.
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governmenthobbieslifestyleA dominant ground grappling position, where one combatant sits on the other combatants torso with the face pointing towards the opponent's head.
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gymnasticshobbieslifestyleThe act of getting onto the apparatus.
mountverb詞源 2/maʊnt/
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To get upon; to ascend; to climb.
- to mount stairs
- Or shall we mount again the Rural Throne, And rule the Country Kingdoms, once our own?
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To place oneself on (a horse, a bicycle, etc.); to bestride.
- The rider mounted his horse.
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To cause to mount; to put on horseback; to furnish with animals for riding.
- to mount the Trojan troop
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obsoleteTo cause (something) to rise or ascend; to drive up; to raise; to elevate; to lift up.
- What power is it which mounts my love so high?
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governmenthobbieslifestyleTo sit on a combatant's torso with the face pointing towards the opponent's head; to assume the mount position in ground grappling.
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rareTo rise on high; to go up; to be upraised or uplifted; to tower aloft; to ascend; often with up.
- Though Babylon ſhould mount vp to heauen, and though ſhee ſhould fortifie the height of her ſtrength, yet from me ſhall ſpoilers come vnto her, ſaith the Lord.
- The fire of trees and houses mounts on high.
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To attach (an object) to a support, backing, framework etc.
- to mount a mailbox on a post
- to mount a specimen on a small plate of glass for viewing by a microscope
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computingengineeringmathematicsTo attach (a drive or device) to the file system in order to make it available to the operating system.
- Burn the contents of the staging area onto a writable CD-ROM, carry it over to the Web server, and mount it.
另外 8 個記錄的用法
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To increase in quantity or intensity.
- The bills mounted up and the business failed. There is mounting tension in Crimea.
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obsoleteTo attain in value; to amount (to).
- Bring then these blessings to a strict account, Make fair deductions, see to what they mount.
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To get on top of (another) for the purpose of copulation.
- When God presented Lilith to Adam, Adam was overjoyed and enthusiastically set her on the ground and tried to mount her after the fashion of the animals; but Lilith protested and said: "Why should I be on the bottom and you on the top?"
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To have or begin sexual intercourse with someone.
- She mounted him last night.
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To begin (a campaign, military assault, etc.); to launch.
- The General gave the order to mount the attack.
- For Liverpool, their season will now be regarded as a relative disappointment after failure to add the FA Cup to the Carling Cup and not mounting a challenge to reach the Champions League places.
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archaicTo deploy (cannon) for use.
- to mount a cannon
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To prepare and arrange the scenery, furniture, etc. for use in (a play or production).
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cookingfoodlifestyleTo incorporate fat, especially butter, into (a dish, especially a sauce to finish it).
- Mount the sauce with one tablespoon of butter.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。