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.
They killed the bison, cut off the skins and left the bodies behind to rot.
他们把野牛杀死剥皮,尸体就任其腐烂。
Struggling in a world of silence and darkness, I must have appeared to them to be simple.
在寂静无声、漆黑一片世界里挣扎,在他们看来,我一定是头脑简单了。
Because of his actions, all Hindus were finally free to draw water from the same village well, to go to the same temple to pray and even marry each other.