dis·mount /(ˌ)dɪsˈmaʊnt/
(vt.)(vi.)(使)下馬
dismount
卸除; 卸下
dismount
架設;卸除
dismount
卸下
Dis·mount v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dismounted; p. pr. & vb. n. Dismounting.]
1. To come down; to descend. [Poetic]
But now the bright sun ginneth to dismount. --Spenser.
2. To alight from a horse; to descend or get off, as a rider from his beast; as, the troops dismounted.
Dis·mount, v. t.
1. To throw or bring down from an elevation, place of honor and authority, or the like.
Dismounted from his authority. --Barrow.
2. To throw or remove from a horse; to unhorse; as, the soldier dismounted his adversary.
3. Mech. To take down, or apart, as a machine.
4. To throw or remove from the carriage, or from that on which a thing is mounted; to break the carriage or wheels of, and render useless; to deprive of equipments or mountings; -- said esp. of artillery.
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dismount
n : the act of dismounting (a horse or bike etc.)
v : get off (a horse) [syn: unhorse, light, get off, get
down]