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单词 mounting
释义 mounting
I. mount·ing \ˈmau̇ntiŋ, -tēŋ\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, from gerund of mounten to mount — more at mount
1. : an act or instance of mounting; specifically : getting on a horse
 < one method of mounting is to place the left foot in the stirrup and swing the right leg over the saddle >
2. : frame, support, embellishment: as
 a. : a jewelry setting
  < bought a mounting for the pearl — Lynn Groh >
 b. : a handle, mount, or coupling for a mechanical device
  < the mounting of the sword was encrusted with jewels >
  < guns … on portable carriages or stationary mountingsNotes & Queries on Anthropology >
  < engines … attached to the frame at two, three, or four points according to the type of mounting — Joseph Heitner >
 c. : mount 2b
  < an interesting picture enhanced by an artistic mounting >
 d. : the harness of a loom
 e. : the nonoptical parts of a telescope (as the pier, axes, circles, and tubes); specifically : the standard or support of a telescope
  < an equatorial mounting >
3. : the decor and lighting of a theatrical production as distinguished from its performance : staging
 < technicolor gives the picture a fairly handsome mountingTime >
II. moun·ting
dialect
variant of mountain
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