vaults

英 [vɔːlts]

美 [vɔːlts]

n.  (尤指银行的)金库，保险库; (教堂的)地下墓室; (坟地的)墓穴; 拱顶; 穹隆
v.  (用手支撑或撑杆)跳跃，腾跃
vault的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 金库;保险库
  Avaultis a secure room where money and other valuable things can be kept safely.
  1. Most of the money was in storage in bank vaults...
     大部分钱都存放在银行的保险库里。
  2. The gold recovered so far is being held in a vault at a secret location.
     到目前为止，找回来的金子都保存在一个秘密地点的金库中。
• N-COUNT （通常指安葬同一家族死者的）教堂地下室，墓穴,墓室
  Avaultis a room underneath a church or in a cemetery where people are buried, usually the members of a single family.
  1. He ordered that Matilda's body should be buried in the family vault.
     他指示马蒂尔达的遗体必须葬在家族墓穴里。
• N-COUNT 拱顶;穹窿
  Avaultis an arched roof or ceiling.
  1. ...the vault of a great cathedral.
     一座大教堂的拱顶
• VERB （尤指用手支撑）跳跃,跳过
  If youvaultsomething orvault overit, you jump quickly onto or over it, especially by putting a hand on top of it to help you balance while you jump.
  1. He could easily vault the wall...
     他可以轻松地翻过墙去。
  2. Ned vaulted over a fallen tree...
     内德跳过一棵倒下的树。
  3. He ran to the door and vaulted into the saddle.
     他跑到门口，飞身跃上马背。

双语例句

• He looked up when the door to the vaults creaked open, and smiled as his father approached.
  拱顶的门被吱吱地推开了，他抬起头来，微笑地看着他的父亲走进来。
• Much bullion is stored in the vaults at Fort Knox.
  福特·诺克斯家的地窖里藏了很多金条。
• Databases are serious things: They're vaults of what might be an organization's most precious assets.
  数据库是非常严肃的内容；它们可能是企业中的最重要的资产。
• Externally, the broad, smooth surfaces of stuccoed walls and the great unconcealed masses of vaults and domes pile up impressively.
  外表上，宽阔的，平滑的粉刷墙表面和巨大的，公开的各个拱顶和圆屋顶堆积了令人难忘的来回忆。
• Several said they were building or planning new vaults.
  不少银行表示，他们正在或计划修建新金库。
• Two barrel vaults intersecting at right angles.
  两个桶形穹隆成直角交叉。
• Large amounts of low-level waste are already stored in concrete vaults in Drigg in Cumbria.
  大量高放射性废料已经被储存在坎布里亚郡Drigg的混凝土地下室中了。
• While some banks said they had space, others said their vaults were nearly full.
  一些银行表示他们仍有存储空间，另一些则表示金库空间已接近饱和。
• Even the God-loving people who fashioned the soaring vaults and delicate windows of Chartres had murder on their minds.
  甚至连建造高耸拱形和致力于大教堂窗户设计的热爱上帝的人们也曾经在他们的思想中进行过谋杀。
• Beneath these vaults one hears the brooms of spectres.
  人们听见拱顶下这些鬼怪的扫帚声；