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 vault2 /völt or earlier vöt/ intransitive verb- To leap, esp by springing initially onto one or both hands, or by using a pole, to get extra height
- To achieve great heights of success, fame, etc
transitive verb- To spring or leap over, esp by this means
- To cause (someone or something) to attain great success, etc
noun An act of vaulting ORIGIN: Appar OFr volter to leap vaultˈer noun vaultˈing noun adjective - Relating to or for vaulting
- (of eg ambition) inordinate, overweening
vaultˈing-horse noun A piece of gymnastic apparatus for vaulting over vaultˈing-house noun (obsolete) A brothel |