| 释义 |
vault1 /völt or earlier vöt/ noun- An arched roof or ceiling
- A chamber with an arched roof or ceiling, esp underground
- A cellar
- A wine cellar
- A burial chamber
- A fortified room for storing valuables in a bank, etc
- A cavern
- Anything vaultlike such as the vault of heaven, or the cranial vault the dome of the skull
transitive verb- To shape as a vault
- To roof with an arch or vault
- To form vaults in
intransitive verb To curve in a vault ORIGIN: OFr vaute, vaulte, voute, volte (Fr voûte), from L volvere, volūtum to roll vaulˈtage noun - An arched cellar (Shakespeare)
- A cavern
- A range of vaults
- Vaulted work
vaulˈted adjective - Arched
- Concave overhead
- Covered with an arch or vault
vaulˈting noun Vaulted work vaulˈty adjective (Shakespeare) Vaultlike |