unmount

/ˌʌnˈmaʊnt/ (bre, ipa) · /ˌʌnˈmaʊnt/ (ame, ipa)

unmount — verb

  • unmountpresent simple I / you / we / they
  • unmounts3rd person singular
  • unmounting-ing form
  • unmountedpast simple

1. to tell a computer to stop using a disk, drive, or storage device so you can rem

1.動詞及物C1
釋義

to tell a computer to stop using a disk, drive, or storage device so you can remove it safely.

例句

Christopher unmounted the USB drive before pulling it from the laptop.

unmount + USB drive before removing it

Mei asked the class to unmount the memory card before removing it from the camera.

unmount + memory card before removal

同義詞
  • eject

    more common in consumer menus and often used for removable media

  • disconnect

    broader and less precise; it does not specifically imply the software safe-removal step

反義詞
  • mount

    to make the drive available for the computer to use

文法句型

unmount + drive/disk/device

unmount + object before removing it

passive: be unmounted

用法筆記

Usually used for storage devices such as USB drives, SD cards, disks, and network volumes. It often names a software step that should happen before you physically remove the device.

常見錯誤

❌I unmounted the cable from the monitor.
✅I unplugged the cable from the monitor.
💡'Unmount' is used for storage devices in software, not for ordinary physical cables.
❌I unmounted the photos from my laptop.
✅I unmounted the USB drive after copying the photos.
💡You unmount the storage device, not the files stored on it.