mount
Definitions
To climb up onto something, especially a horse, bike, or platform
骑上，登上（尤指马、自行车、台阶等）
To fix or set something in position on a support or surface
安装，固定，安放（在底座或表面上）
To organize and begin a planned activity such as a campaign or attack
组织并发起（活动、进攻等）
To increase gradually in amount or intensity
逐渐增加，上升（数量或程度）
A mountain or hill (chiefly in names)
山，丘（多用于山名）
A horse or animal that is ridden
坐骑
A support or backing on which something is fixed or displayed
底座，支架，衬纸
Root Breakdown
Root-derivedStraight from Latin montāre, 'to climb up.' The single idea of 'going up onto something' radiates outward: climb onto a horse, set something up onto a wall (mount a picture), set up and launch a plan (mount an attack), and rise upward (tension mounts). As a noun it loops back to the original mountain or to the horse you climb onto.
Root mount still carries 9 more wordsWhy It Means This
Mount carries the literal climbing image of Latin montāre into every sense. Whether you mount a horse, mount a shelf, mount a defense, or watch costs mount, you are always 'taking something up' — up onto a surface, up into action, or up in quantity. This single upward motion is what links its scattered modern meanings.
Common Collocations
- 1.mount a horse骑上马
- 2.mount an attack发动进攻
- 3.mount a campaign发起活动
- 4.mount on the wall安装在墙上
- 5.tension mounts紧张气氛升级
Example Sentences
- 1.
She mounted her horse and rode off into the hills.
- 2.
We mounted the new television on the living-room wall.
- 3.
The opposition mounted a fierce campaign against the bill.
- 4.
Tension mounted as the final results were announced.
- 5.
Mount Fuji is the highest peak in Japan.