surmounted 的定义
- to mount upon; get on the top of; mount upon and cross over: to surmount a hill.
- to get over or across.
- to prevail over: to surmount tremendous difficulties.
- to be on top of or above: a statue surmounting a pillar.
- to furnish with something placed on top or above: to surmount a tower with a spire.
- Obsolete. to surpass in excellence.to exceed in amount.
surmounted 近义词
overcome, triumph over
更多surmounted例句
- The idea of placing atop this perfect thing a big granite planith surmounted by a representational bronze ... ugh.
- These have canted bay windows below them, and their pediments are surmounted by figures representing Mercury and Athæne.
- We did not perceive the little town until we had surmounted the last eminence and were in its immediate vicinity.
- This and the following monument are partly let into the wall, and are surmounted by beautiful Gothic canopies.
- Through the partly open door, Lowell caught a glimpse of an aristocratic face, surmounted by gray hair.
- Of variety of perilous adventures and peril, ingeniously surmounted, there is no lack.