| 单词 | vault |
| 释义 | vault (once / 368 pages) nv Vault is a verb that means "to jump over something." If you were hurrying out to the pasture to visit your favorite cow, you might vault over the gate in your excitement. When you support yourself with your hands as you jump over some hurdle, you vault, just as a gymnast might do across a vault — a piece of gymnastic equipment made to be vaulted over after a running start. Another meaning of vault is the arched roof of a building, or something that resembles such an archway. A storage chamber, especially one that's kept underground, is also a vault, like a bank vault. WORD FAMILYvault: vaulted, vaulter, vaulting, vaults+/vaulter: vaulters/vaulting: vaultingly, vaultings USAGE EXAMPLESThat means more rain gardens, stormwater vaults and permeable pavement for all new development in the county. Washington Times(Dec 30, 2016) It is supposed to be removed and locked in a secure vault after business hours each day. Reuters(Dec 29, 2016) Ivanovic won her only major, at the French Open, in 2008, a victory that vaulted her to No. 1 in the world. Wall Street Journal(Dec 28, 2016) 1n a burial chamber (usually underground) Syn|Hypo|Hyper burial vault charnel, charnel house a vault or building where corpses or bones are deposited columbariuma sepulchral vault or other structure having recesses in the walls to receive cinerary urns burial chamber, sepulcher, sepulchre, sepulture a chamber that is used as a grave 2n a strongroom or compartment (often made of steel) for safekeeping of valuables Syn|Hyper bank vault strongroom a burglarproof and fireproof room in which valuables are kept 3n an arched brick or stone ceiling or roof Hypo|Hyper barrel vault the simplest form of vault; a single continuous arch groined vaulttwo barrel vaults intersecting at right angles ribbed vaultvault that resembles a groined vault but has ribbed arches roof a protective covering that covers or forms the top of a building 4n the act of jumping over an obstacle Syn|Hyper hurdle jump, jumping the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground 5v jump across or leap over (an obstacle) Syn|Hypo|Hyper overleap hurdle jump a hurdle bound, jump, leap, spring move forward by leaps and bounds 6v bound vigorously Hyper bound, jump, leap, spring move forward by leaps and bounds |
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