surmount
动词 v.
英 /səˈmaʊnt/
美 /sɚˈmaʊnt/
英文释义
动词 v.
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To get or be over without touching or resting on; to overcome.
— this difficulty may perhaps be surmounted by care and art
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To cap; to sit on top of.
— The boiler had a large dome over the firebox, inside the cab, surmounted by Ramsbottom safety valves.
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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