vaults

英 [vɔːlts]

美 [vɔːlts]

n.  (尤指银行的)金库，保险库; (教堂的)地下墓室; (坟地的)墓穴; 拱顶; 穹隆
v.  (用手支撑或撑杆)跳跃，腾跃
vault的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 金库;保险库
  Avaultis a secure room where money and other valuable things can be kept safely.
  1. Most of the money was in storage in bank vaults...
     大部分钱都存放在银行的保险库里。
  2. The gold recovered so far is being held in a vault at a secret location.
     到目前为止，找回来的金子都保存在一个秘密地点的金库中。
• N-COUNT （通常指安葬同一家族死者的）教堂地下室，墓穴,墓室
  Avaultis a room underneath a church or in a cemetery where people are buried, usually the members of a single family.
  1. He ordered that Matilda's body should be buried in the family vault.
     他指示马蒂尔达的遗体必须葬在家族墓穴里。
• N-COUNT 拱顶;穹窿
  Avaultis an arched roof or ceiling.
  1. ...the vault of a great cathedral.
     一座大教堂的拱顶
• VERB （尤指用手支撑）跳跃,跳过
  If youvaultsomething orvault overit, you jump quickly onto or over it, especially by putting a hand on top of it to help you balance while you jump.
  1. He could easily vault the wall...
     他可以轻松地翻过墙去。
  2. Ned vaulted over a fallen tree...
     内德跳过一棵倒下的树。
  3. He ran to the door and vaulted into the saddle.
     他跑到门口，飞身跃上马背。

双语例句

• And abducts himself to the beloved catacombs and vaults.
  并把他诱拐，带到亲爱的地下陵寝。
• They bury their dead in vaults, above the ground.
  他们把死人埋在地面上的拱形墓穴里。
• Square covers are sometimes used on prefabricated vaults where the access passage is also square.
  方盖有时也用在预制拱结构上，它的入口也是方形的。
• Even the God-loving people who fashioned the soaring vaults and delicate windows of Chartres had murder on their minds.
  甚至连建造高耸拱形和致力于大教堂窗户设计的热爱上帝的人们也曾经在他们的思想中进行过谋杀。
• Boxes will then be stacked like library books along shelves inside the vaults.
  然后，箱子将像图书馆里的书籍一样，被堆放在储藏室里的货架上。
• Safe-deposit boxes are kept in vaults that are usually burglar-proof and fireproof.
  贵重物品保管箱通常存放在防盗、防火的保险库中。
• He looked up when the door to the vaults creaked open, and smiled as his father approached.
  拱顶的门被吱吱地推开了，他抬起头来，微笑地看着他的父亲走进来。
• Two barrel vaults intersecting at right angles.
  两个桶形穹隆成直角交叉。
• Externally, the broad, smooth surfaces of stuccoed walls and the great unconcealed masses of vaults and domes pile up impressively.
  外表上，宽阔的，平滑的粉刷墙表面和巨大的，公开的各个拱顶和圆屋顶堆积了令人难忘的来回忆。
• Contemporary illustrations show cathedral spires collapsing, vaults caving in, high scaffolding keeling over in a chaos of planks and poles.
  同时代的画作显示了大教堂尖塔的倾倒，拱顶的塌陷，高高的脚手架倒在一片八七八糟的木板和柱子中。