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

• Down in the safe-deposit vaults, he raised the lid of his long metal box.
  在地下室安全库里，他揭开他那只长长的金属保险箱的箱盖。
• The vaults of German and French banks are stuffed with worthless assets.
  德国和法国不少银行的账目上也堆满了一文不值的资产。
• 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。
• All of Michael's vaults today seemed to be the reward for his hard work.
  今天迈克尔在赛场上的每一跳，似乎都是对他所付出的艰辛与努力的回报。
• 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。
• I'll need all the re-lock codes for all three vaults.
  我需要所有3个金库的密码。
• Contemporary illustrations show cathedral spires collapsing, vaults caving in, high scaffolding keeling over in a chaos of planks and poles.
  同时代的画作显示了大教堂尖塔的倾倒，拱顶的塌陷，高高的脚手架倒在一片八七八糟的木板和柱子中。
• Beneath these vaults one hears the brooms of spectres.
  人们听见拱顶下这些鬼怪的扫帚声；
• Lamella domes and vaults consist of inter-connecting steel or aluminium units.
  薄片圆屋顶和地下室由连结之间的钢或者铝单位组成。
• 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。