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

• 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。
• 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。
• $ 1 in cash held in bank vaults is not counted as part of the money supply.
  银行保险库中的一美元现金并不是货币供给的一部分。
• It vaults the very concrete materiality, the physicality, of these characters and their circumstances.
  这很具体地托起了，这些角色及其环境的物质性，和有血有肉的实在感。
• 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。
• Beneath these vaults one hears the brooms of spectres.
  人们听见拱顶下这些鬼怪的扫帚声；
• Safe-deposit boxes are kept in vaults that are usually burglar-proof and fireproof.
  贵重物品保管箱通常存放在防盗、防火的保险库中。
• 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。
• It was deposited in the vaults of a bank.
  它存在一家银行的保险库里。
• 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。