/maʊnt ||; maυnt/verb1 [T] to organize sth 组织；筹备；发动: to mount a protest/a campaign/an exhibition/an attack 举行抗议；发起运动；筹备展览；发动攻击
2 [I] to increase gradually in level or amount 逐渐上升、增加或增长: The tension mounted as the end of the match approached. 比赛接近结束时，气氛越发紧张。
3 [T] (written 书面语) to go up sth or up on to sth 登上；走上: He mounted the platform and began to speak. 他走上讲台开始说话。
4 [I,T] to get on a horse or bicycle 骑上（马或自行车） [OPP] dismount 反义词为dismount
5 [T] mount sth (on/onto/in sth) to fix sth firmly on sth else 安放，安装，镶嵌（在某物之上）: The gas boiler was mounted on the wall. 煤气热水器安装在墙上。
mount up to increase (often more than you want) 增加，上升（通常比所想要的多）:
When you're buying food for six people the cost soon mounts up. 要买六个人分量的食物，费用便会迅速增加。