vault
n
1 arched roof; series of arches forming a roof 拱券; 拱顶
fan vaulting, ie vaults wherethe arches have ribs, like a fan 扇形拱券. =>illus at App 1见附录1插图, page viii.
2
(a) cellar or underground room used for storing things at a cool temperature 地窖; 地下室
`wine-vaults 酒窖.
(b) similar room beneath a church or in a cemetery, used for burials (教堂或坟场的)地下墓室
in the family vault 在家族的地下墓室中.
3 similar room, esp in a bank and protected by locks, alarms, thick walls, etc, used for keeping valuables safe (设於地下的)金库, 保险库(尤指银行的).
4 covering like an arched roof 拱券状覆盖物
(rhet 修辞) the vault of heaven, ie the sky 苍穹(天空).
vault v [I, Ipr]
~ (over sth) jump in asingle movement over or onto an object with the hand(s) resting on it or with the help of a pole (用手或竿支撑)跳跃
vault (over) a fence 用手支撑跳过篱笆墙
The jockey vaulted lightly into the saddle. 那骑师用手一按马背轻身跃上了马鞍.
(fig fml 比喻, 文) vaulting (ie boundless, overreaching) ambition 奢想. vault, n jump made in this way 撑物跳跃; 撑竿跳.
The Native Americans caught and trained them and were then able to use them to carry their goods when they travelled from one camping ground to another.
美洲土著人捕捉野马,加以驯服。
Many of the men fell sick with fever.
许多人因发烧而病倒。
For twenty years Gandhi played an important role in working for equal rights for Indians.