amount, ample

amount的词源(法语)是upward (amont)和mountain(mont). 夏蒙尼·勃朗峰(Chamonix Mont-Blanc)是阿尔卑斯山脉(Alps)的最高峰。

John Moses Browning [勃朗宁] was an American firearm [gun] designer who developed many varieties of military [军用] and civilian [民用] firearms, cartridges [子弹], and gun mechanisms [枪支机械] – many of which are still in use around the world. The term “handgun” is used to represent a small gun that is held and operated with one hand. Pistols are a type of handgun. Most people use the words "pistol" and "handgun" interchangeably. The most distinct feature of pistols is that they contain one chamber [枪膛] that's an integral part [整体部分] of the barrel [枪管], while revolvers [左轮] have several revolving chambers with no connection to the barrel.

mount有increase in amount or intensity的意思。词典没说amount是a+amount, 虽然a-这个前缀(prefix)有in the state or process of的意思。

mount的首要意思是go up; ascend 登上，应该和山有关。然后高头大马吗，上马也是mount. plan, organize, and begin an event or a course of action这个意思转了几道弯。In Linux, mounting is the process of attaching an additional filesystem on top of the currently accessible filesystem on the computer. 如/和/home是不同的块设备。Windows下则用drive letter，如C: D:。

ample:
1. more than enough =sufficient ≠insufficient
2. abundant, plentiful
3. large in a way that is attractive or pleasant. plump: slightly fat in a fairly pleasant way, 丰满

The ampere (symbol: A), often shortened to "amp", is the base unit of electric current in the International System of Units (SI). It is named after André-Marie Ampère (1775–1836), French mathematician and physicist, considered the father of electromagnetism. An ammeter is an instrument that measures electric current in amperes.

The SI unit of charge, the coulomb [库仑], "is the quantity of electricity carried in 1 second by a current of 1 ampere". Conversely, a current of one ampere is one coulomb of charge going past a given point per second: 1A = 1C / s.

The coulomb is named after Charles-Augustin de Coulomb. Columbus [哥伦布] sailed west and reached the Caribbean [加勒比] Islands and thought that he had landed in some islands off the coast of Asia.