Vault
[ v?lt ]
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n. 拱頂，穹窿;地下室;撐物跳;墓穴;
vt. 進行撐竿跳;做成圓拱形;成穹狀;（以手撐物或撐竿）跳過;
vi. 跳躍;成穹狀彎曲;
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The dark vault surrounded the terrestrial globe as if to crush it.
陰森森的天空罩在地球上，好象要把它壓扁似的。
This underground vault is theftproof.
這所地下保管庫是防盜的。
It was a vault, a steel chapel where loafting and laughter were raw sin.
這里象是一個鋼板小教堂，放蕩和鬧笑都是大逆不道的罪孽。
The second unforgettable moment came five hours later at the pole vault pit.
第二次令人難忘的時刻發生在五個小時之后的撐桿跳場地上。
She put her jewels in a vault at the bank.
她將珠寶放在銀行的金庫里。
?? 聯想助記
【記】※ vault-拱頂,fault-缺點:拱頂有缺點,會塌下來砸死人
※ vault-金庫拱頂,vaunt-炫耀:因為家里有金庫,所以值得炫耀
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-volv-表示“卷”
常見變體有-volut-
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vault
n
1 arched roof; series of arches forming a roof 拱券; 拱頂
fan vaulting, ie vaults wherethe arches have ribs, like a fan 扇形拱券. =>illus at App 1見附錄1插圖, 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 （教堂或墳場的）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 （設於地下的）金庫, 保險庫（尤指銀行的）.
4 covering like an arched roof 拱券狀覆蓋物
(rhet 修辭) the vault of heaven, ie the sky 蒼穹（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 （用手或竿支撐）跳躍
vault (over) a fence 用手支撐跳過籬笆墻
The jockey vaulted lightly into the saddle. 那騎師用手一按馬背輕身躍上了馬鞍.
(fig fml 比喻, 文) vaulting (ie boundless, overreaching) ambition 奢想. vault, n jump made in this way 撐物跳躍; 撐竿跳.
?? 擴展釋義
*[v?:lt]n. 拱頂, 窖, 地下室, 撐竿跳, 穹窿vt. 做成圓拱形, 撐竿跳過vi. 成穹狀彎曲, 跳躍【醫】 穹隆【經】 (銀行等的)保管庫
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I shall be happy to give up my part of Shylock's money.
我將高興地放棄我應得的夏洛克財產的那一半。
But they would not listen to him. When they came to the river, a white man was waiting in the boat for them.
但是他們不聽，當他們來到江邊時，一個白人正在船上等著他們。
New Zealand, with its natural beauty, mountains, rivers and National Parks, attracts tourists from all over the world.
新西蘭以其自然風光、群山、河流以及國家公園，吸引著世界各地的游人。