Vault
[ vɔlt ]
第3级
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n. 拱顶，穹窿;地下室;撑物跳;墓穴;
vt. 进行撑竿跳;做成圆拱形;成穹状;（以手撑物或撑竿）跳过;
vi. 跳跃;成穹状弯曲;
📝 例句
The dark vault surrounded the terrestrial globe as if to crush it.
阴森森的天空罩在地球上，好象要把它压扁似的。
This underground vault is theftproof.
这所地下保管库是防盗的。
It was a vault, a steel chapel where loafting and laughter were raw sin.
这里象是一个钢板小教堂，放荡和闹笑都是大逆不道的罪孽。
The second unforgettable moment came five hours later at the pole vault pit.
第二次令人难忘的时刻发生在五个小时之后的撑杆跳场地上。
She put her jewels in a vault at the bank.
她将珠宝放在银行的金库里。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ vault-拱顶,fault-缺点:拱顶有缺点,会塌下来砸死人
※ vault-金库拱顶,vaunt-炫耀:因为家里有金库,所以值得炫耀
✅ 同义词
🔤 词根
-volv-表示“卷”
常见变体有-volut-
📖 牛津释义
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.
🔁 扩展释义
*[vɒ:lt]n. 拱顶, 窖, 地下室, 撑竿跳, 穹窿vt. 做成圆拱形, 撑竿跳过vi. 成穹状弯曲, 跳跃【医】 穹隆【经】 (银行等的)保管库
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There was less food for birds and also for the prairie dog, a kind of animal which lives in holes in the ground.
供鸟类吃的食物少了，供草原犬鼠（一种生活在地洞里的动物）吃的食物也少了。
Kunta knew it was the middle of the night, for through the small open window high in the wall he could see stars.
孔塔知道已经是半夜了，因为通过墙的上方开着的小窗，他能看到星星。
This is because they had no natural enemies until the arrival of humans and therefore did not need to develop flying wings.
这是因为人类到达这里之前，这些鸟没有天敌，因此，它们不需要发育飞行的翅膀。