surmount

动词 v.
/səˈmaʊnt/    /sɚˈmaʊnt/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To get or be over without touching or resting on; to overcome. transitive
    — this difficulty may perhaps be surmounted by care and art
  2. To cap; to sit on top of. transitive
    — The boiler had a large dome over the firebox, inside the cab, surmounted by Ramsbottom safety valves.

词形变化

surmounts present,singular,third-person surmounting participle,present surmounted participle,past surmounted past

词源

From Middle English surmounten, from Old French surmonter (“to rise above, surmount”), from sur- (“above”) + monter (“to mount”), equivalent to sur- + mount.
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