Vault



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.拱顶; 地窖
• ［英］ n.拱顶 ( an arched structure) ; 地窖 ( an underground storage compartment)
• ［类］ larder : provisions / vault : valuables ( 食品柜储藏食品 / 地窖储藏贵重物品)
• ［例］ the vault of heaven ( 天穹) / wine vaults ( 酒窖)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English vaute, voute, from Anglo-French voute, from Vulgar Latin *volvita turn, vault, from feminine of *volvitus, alteration of Latin volutus, past participle of volvere to roll — more at voluble
• Date: 14th century
• 1.
  • a. an arched structure of masonry usually forming a ceiling or roof
  • b. something (as the sky) resembling a vault
  • c. an arched or dome-shaped anatomical structure <the cranial vault>
• 2.
  • a. a space covered by an arched structure; especially an underground passage or room
  • b. an underground storage compartment
  • c. a room or compartment for the safekeeping of valuables
• 3.
  • a. a burial chamber
  • b. a prefabricated container usually of metal or concrete into which a casket is placed at burial
• ? vaulty adjective

II. transitive verb

• Date: 14th century
• to form or cover with or as if with a vault ; arch

III. verb

• Etymology: Middle French volter, from Old Italian voltare, from Vulgar Latin *volvitare to turn, leap, frequentative of Latin volvere
• Date: 1538
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to leap vigorously; especially to execute a leap using the hands or a pole
  • 2. to do or achieve something as if by a leap <vaulted to sudden prominence>
• transitive verb
  • to leap over; especially to leap over by or as if by aid of the hands or a pole

IV. noun

• Date: 1576
• an act of vaulting ; leap

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