| 单词 | mount |
| 释义 | mount (maʊnt ) Word forms: mounts , mounting , mounted 1. verb If you mount a campaign or event, you organize it and make it take place. ...a security operation mounted by the army. [VERB noun] Synonyms: launch, stage, prepare, deliver 2. verb If something mounts, it increases in intensity. For several hours, tension mounted. [VERB] The decibel level was mounting. [VERB] There was mounting concern in her voice. [VERB-ing] ...the mounting heat of the stadium. [VERB-ing] Synonyms: increase, build, grow, swell 3. verb If something mounts, it increases in quantity. The uncollected garbage mounts in city streets. [VERB] He ignored his mounting debts. [VERB-ing] Synonyms: accumulate, increase, collect, gather To mount up means the same as to mount. If you pretend your problems don't exist they will just continue to mount up. [VERB PARTICLE] Her medical bills mounted up. [VERB PARTICLE] 4. verb If you mount the stairs or a platform, you go up the stairs or go up onto the platform. [formal] Llewelyn was mounting the stairs up into the keep. [VERB noun] The vehicle mounted the pavement. [VERB noun] Synonyms: ascend, scale, climb (up), go up 5. verb If you mount a horse or cycle, you climb on to it so that you can ride it. He mounted his horse and rode away. [VERB noun] A man in a crash helmet was mounting a motorbike. [VERB noun] He harnessed his horse, mounted, and rode out to the beach. [VERB] Synonyms: get (up) on, jump on, straddle, climb onto 6. countable noun A mount is a horse. [formal] ...the number of owners who care for older mounts. Synonyms: horse, steed [literary] 7. verb If you mount an object on something, you fix it there firmly. Ella mounts the work on velour paper and makes the frame. [VERB noun + on] The support for the fence is mounted on an extension to the table. [VERB noun on noun] ...a specially mounted horse shoe. [VERB-ed] Synonyms: fit, place, set, position -mounted combining form ...a wall-mounted electric fan. ...pickup trucks with side-mounted fuel tanks. 8. verb If you mount an exhibition or display, you organize and present it. The gallery has mounted an exhibition of art by Irish women painters. [VERB noun] 9. countable noun Mount is used as part of the name of a mountain. ...Mount Kilimanjaro. 10. See also mounted Phrasal verbs: mount up mount [sense 3] Collocations: debts mount She was taking out loans and using credit cards to cover bills and her rent, but could not afford the repayments and her debts began to mount. The Sun (2014) Businesses suffer, freelance contractors lose vital fees, debts mount. Times, Sunday Times (2014) 'As the debts mount up they're under more pressure, the stress levels rise and then it becomes much harder; whether you're at work trading or gambling for recreational purposes... your decisionmaking abilities are really quite impaired. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Fears are mounting that some energy companies may default on their debts. Times, Sunday Times (2015) Its quarterly small business index will be negative for the sixth consecutive period as fears mount over exporting and labour costs. Times,Sunday Times (2019) Job fears are mounting. Times, Sunday Times (2009) Investors had hoped to mount a rescue bid. The Sun (2011) They can mount a hostile bid but they can't take over the club. Times, Sunday Times (2007) She predicted the two men would cut a deal rather than mount rival bids. Times, Sunday Times (2013) They were spin-stabilized 0.94 m diameter 0.81 m tall cylinders with a 1.8 m long magnetometer boom and solar panels mounted around the body. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Early firescreens were generally shaped as flat panels standing on attached feet, or as adjustable shield-shaped panels mounted on tripod table legs. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The undercarriage consisted of two parallel spruce panels mounted on the fuselage, bearing two mainwheels on a single axle. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Climbing stairs or mounting a podium would have been out of the question. Times, Sunday Times It was a glorious swansong, and her enormous grin and triumphant punching of the air as she mounted the podium were deliciously infectious. Times, Sunday Times He never mounted the podium again that season, although opportunities to do so were lost through mechanical failure. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Investors had hoped to mount a rescue bid. The Sun The company said yesterday that it was looking for other companies to mount a rescue bid. Times, Sunday Times This gave management hope they might be able to find someone willing to mount a rescue. Times, Sunday Times M tells 007 that the ransom will be paid and forbids him to mount a rescue mission. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Troops mounted a rescue operation and started to delicately remove survivors from the rubble of the school. The Sun It was impossible to mount a search on the ground because of the heavy anti-aircraft fire in the area. Times, Sunday Times The locals mount a search party and make a grim discovery... The Sun They raised the alarm when he failed to appear, but family members have complained that police refused to mount a search during the first three days. Times, Sunday Times The locals are shocked when the police mount a search party. The Sun After narrowing his likely location through information provided by his mobile phone service provider, police mounted a search involving three helicopters. Times, Sunday Times The device works by bouncing information from sensors mounted on any item such as buildings or train carriages to a receiver in the wearer's headband. Times, Sunday Times Infrared sensors mounted on the aircraft picked up any heat emitted from outbuildings, a sign that people could be living in them illegally. Times, Sunday Times In tire manufacturing factories, static balancers operate by use of sensors mounted to the spindle assembly. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It also featured a radar operated crash avoidance system, with the radar sensors mounted in twin nose-cones on the front of the car. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Three anti-fall infra-red sensors mounted under the body detect steps or edges about 4 cm or deeper to prevent it from falling down such steps. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The undercarriage consists of two wheels mounted on struts, with long skids which extended rearwards removing the need for a tail-skid. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The tricycle undercarriage had three similarly sized wheels mounted on short legs interconnected by a triangular frame. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The main landing gear consisted of a single centrally mounted wheel mounted on a pneumatic damper, with a small tailwheel mounted on the rudder. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Another solution was the shipmill, a type of watermill powered by water wheels mounted on the sides of ships moored in midstream. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In an effort to escape the life he feels bound to, he mounts the wheel well of an airplane immediately before it ascends for flight. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The onus of proof to bring a successful case and the resources required to mount an investigation are simply too high. Times, Sunday Times (2007) It also mounted investigations into political corruption. Times, Sunday Times (2009) As police mounted a major investigation and the club vowed to punish those responsible with lifetime bans, law-abiding supporters came forward in droves to voice their disgust. The Sun (2013) Use it as a table clock or mount on the wall. Times, Sunday Times I had the picture mounted on the wall next to my bed. Times, Sunday Times The hand dryer-sized device mounts on the wall next to a sink. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He survived numerous changes of studio chief, collected their car number plates when they left and had them mounted on the wall of his lavatory. Times, Sunday Times It can sit in front of your telly or be mounted on the wall. The Sun We spent an hour of steadily mounting anxiety waiting at the rendezvous. THE LONELY SEA (2002) The evidence has steadily mounted that grammar schools did not do much for social mobility either. The Times Literary Supplement (2011) Numbers have steadily mounted since then and over the past decade the population has increased by an average of 15 per cent annually. Times,Sunday Times (2020) It said, though, that it was prepared to continue alone, despite mounting costs, to develop electric vehicles and to comply with increasingly tough emissions rules. Times,Sunday Times Mounting costs mean drivers of all ages, not just younger motorists, are finding it increasingly difficult to keep a car on the road. The Sun Could they easily fund it, given the mounting costs of their ageing societies? Times, Sunday Times It plunged 45p to 133½p after a warning of mounting costs and delays in orders for replacing home heating systems. Times, Sunday Times However, estimates on overall longevity of the large-scale mining in the region vary due to mounting costs, international competition and environmental concerns. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He tells himself he's making the world safer; then the work pressure mounts and the margin for error gets a whole lot bigger. Times, Sunday Times I think the more onerously the pressure mounts on him to make a decision, the better. Times, Sunday Times He may need it as the pressure mounts from a country craving inspiring tales to lift the mourning veil. Times, Sunday Times Most importantly, when pressure mounts at work, are you proactively using stress-management techniques to keep things under control? Times, Sunday Times Every message becomes critical as self-imposed pressure mounts. Christianity Today Instead, the tension mounts with gasp-inducing moments on almost every page. Times, Sunday Times Imagine the preparation and anticipation leading up to the official inspection, with local feelings running high as the tension mounts. Times, Sunday Times The tension mounts in a battle against time as the submariners' oxygen supply ebbs away. Times, Sunday Times The tension mounts steadily until, to the soldiers' intense relief, they are stood down. The Times Literary Supplement Tension mounts as the evening ends, but it's hard to take this all as seriously as it wants to be taken. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 发起, 山冠于山名之前 Japanese: のぼる, 「～山」と山の名前の一部に用いられる |
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