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mount1 /maʊnt/ ●●○ verb  1  organize 组织 [transitive]START something/MAKE something START to plan, organize, and begin an event or a course of action 准备；安排；组织；开展 The National Gallery mounted an exhibition of Danish painting. 国家美术馆举办了丹麦画展。mount a campaign/challenge/search etc Friends of the Earth are mounting a campaign to monitor the illegal logging of trees. “地球之友”组织正在发起监控非法伐木的运动。mount an assault/attack Guerrillas have mounted an attack on the capital. 游击队向首都发起了攻击。2  increase 增加 [intransitive usually in progressive]INCREASE IN ACTIVITY, FEELINGS ETC to increase gradually in amount or degree 渐渐增加，逐渐增长 Tension here is mounting, as we await the final result. 我们等待着最终结果，这里的气氛也越来越紧张。 Casualties on both sides of the battle have continued to mount. 交战双方的伤亡人数继续增加。3  horse/bicycle 马/自行车 [intransitive, transitive] formalGET ON OR OFF A BUS, PLANE ETC to get on a horse or bicycle 骑上，跨上 OPP dismount He mounted his horse and rode on. 他跨上马前行。4  go up 向上走 [transitive] formalUP to go up a step or stairs 走上，爬上，登上 He mounted the stairs and looked around him slowly. 他登上楼梯，慢慢环顾四周。 A car suddenly mounted the pavement to avoid a vehicle coming in the opposite direction. 有辆汽车为了躲避迎面驶来的一辆车，突然冲上了人行道。5  picture 图画 [transitive]AVATTACH to fix a picture to a larger piece of stiff paper so that it looks more attractive 裱贴〔图画等〕mount something on/onto something Entries to the photography competition should be mounted on white paper. 摄影比赛的参赛作品应裱贴在白纸上。6. sex 性 [transitive] technicalHBASEX/HAVE SEX WITH if a male animal mounts a female animal, he gets up onto her back to have sex 〔雄性动物〕爬上〔雌性动物的背〕进行交配 → mounted7 mount up phrasal verb INCREASE IN NUMBER OR AMOUNTto gradually increase in amount 〔数量〕逐渐增加 At £6 a ticket, the cost quickly mounts up. 每张票六英镑，费用一下子就增多了。→ See Verb table

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mount• Can you help Shelly mount?• Farmers' anxiety over the drought has mounted.• Newlin is mounting a campaign against drunk drivers.• The Tokyo prosecutor's office rarely mounts a case it cannot win.• She mounted and rode off.• Anxiety about job security mounted at the plant after profits fell by 68%.• The crossover is mounted behind the terminal panel at the top rear of the cabinet.• The opposition mounted, but Johnson was probably right in asserting that its strength was overstated.• Some guys mounted extended laterals, extended driving sticks.• As the dispute continues, tension is mounting on the border between the two countries.• Westman says he is genuinely optimistic about our ability to solve our mounting social problems.• Haig and Kendall scrambled into their kit as they mounted the engine.• He mounted the pony and rode off.• Reporters shouted questions as Mayor Bradley mounted the steps of City Hall.• Costs on the project have been mounting up steadily.mount a campaign/challenge/search etc• He phoned an animal helpline, which got the Devon moor's rangers to mount a search.• Seventy five officers - some armed - mounted a search.• Trade unionists were incensed with the act and mounted a campaign against it in 1927.• Fishing industry organisations have mounted a campaign against the bans, claiming that up to 30,000 jobs are at risk.• It costs many hundreds of thousands to mount a challenge like this.• The Victorian Society mounted a campaign to persuade us to take it on.• In response to such shortages bureaux may mount campaigns to recruit more volunteers.• Citizen groups have mounted campaigns to silence the drug ballads in several states, but the popular songs play on.

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mount2 ●●○ noun [countable]  n1. → Mount2. DSH formal a horse that you ride on 乘骑用马，坐骑3. stiff paper that is put behind or around a picture or photograph so that it looks more attractive 衬纸板；载片；裱褙4. literary a mountain 山，山岳

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mount• Dimly making out figures, he leant forward on his mount, and a volley of fire tore him to the ground.• While the inside pairs of animals gently rise and fall, the outside ring mounts are proudly stationary.• He cursed, and spurred his long-suffering mount onwards again.• Solis was lucky to pick up the mount.• I don't want them stabling their mounts here, it'd be too conspicuous.• After a while, with their mounts winded, they halted.• Her unfortunate mount was shocked enough without the sound of any loud voices.nMount1  (written abbreviation Mt)DN used as part of the name of a mountain 〔用作山名的一部分〕…山，…峰nMount Qomolangma珠穆朗玛峰n Mount Everest → mount

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Mount• Mount EverestOrigin mount1 (1200-1300) Old French monter “to go up”, from Latin mons; → MOUNT2 mount2 1. (800-900) Old French mont, from Latin mons “mountain”2. (1300-1400) → MOUNT1

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begin Corpus an organize, plan, or and to event

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mount¹ /maʊnt/ verb1.  ORGANIZE  [transitive] to plan, organize, and begin an event or a course of action:
    The National Gallery mounted an exhibition of Danish painting.
    mount a campaign/challenge/search etc
    Friends of the Earth are mounting a campaign to monitor the illegal logging of trees.
    mount an assault/attack
    Guerrillas have mounted an attack on the capital.
2.  INCREASE  [intransitive usually in progressive] to increase gradually in amount or degree:
    Tension here is mounting, as we await the final result.
    Casualties on both sides of the battle have continued to mount.
3.  HORSE/BICYCLE  [intransitive and transitive] formal to get on a horse or bicycle
   OPP  dismount:
    He mounted his horse and rode on.
4.  GO UP  [transitive] formal to go up a step or stairs:
    He mounted the stairs and looked around him slowly.
    A car suddenly mounted the pavement to avoid a vehicle coming in the opposite direction.
5.  PICTURE  [transitive] to fix a picture to a larger piece of stiff paper so that it looks more attractive
    mount something on/onto something
    Entries to the photography competition should be mounted on white paper.
6.  SEX  [transitive] technical if a male animal mounts a female animal, he gets up onto her back to have sex ⇨ mounted
     
mount up phrasal verb
  to gradually increase in amount:
    At £6 a ticket, the cost quickly mounts up.
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ mountain a very high hill: the highest mountain in Austria
   ▪ hill an area of land that is higher than the land around it, which is like a mountain but smaller and usually has a rounded top: We went for a walk in the hills. | The house is surrounded by woods, farmland and gentle hills.
   ▪ Mount (also Mt written abbreviation) used in the names of mountains. Don’t say ‘Fuji Mountain’ – say ‘Mount Fuji’: Mount Everest
   ▪ cliff the steep side of an area of land, often next to the sea: the white cliffs of Dover
   ▪ precipice especially literary a very steep and dangerous cliff: They were standing on the edge of a precipice.
   ▪ crag a high steep rock or mountain: An eagle sailed over the high crags.
   ▪ ridge a long narrow area of high ground, especially at the top of a mountain: I could see a group of climbers high up on a ridge.
   ▪ knoll a small round hill: a grassy knoll
   ▪ volcano a mountain with a large hole at the top, through which lava (=hot liquid rock) is sometimes forced out: the eruption of a volcano
   ▪ summit the very highest point of a mountain: the summit of Mt Everest
   ▪ peak especially literary the top of a mountain: the snow-covered peaks of the Himalayas | a distant peak
   ▪ range/chain a group of mountains or hills arranged in a line: the mountain range that is part of the border between Norway and Sweden
   ▪ foothills a group of smaller hills below a range of high mountains: the Sierra foothills

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mount² noun [countable]1. Mount (written abbreviation Mt) used as part of the name of a mountain:
    Mount Everest
2. formal a horse that you ride on
3. stiff paper that is put behind or around a picture so that it looks more attractive
4. literary a mountain