vault
vault 英 [vɔ:lt] 美 [vɔlt]
n. 拱顶；撑竿跳；地下室 vi. 跳跃；成穹状弯曲 vt. 做成圆拱形；撑竿跳过
进行时:vaulting 过去式:vaulted 过去分词:vaulted 第三人称单数:vaults 名词复数:vaults
- Vault is a verb that means "to jump over something." If you were hurrying out to the pasture to visit your favorite cow, you might vault over the gate in your excitement.
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- n. 拱顶；撑竿跳；地下室
- vi. 跳跃；成穹状弯曲
- vt. 做成圆拱形；撑竿跳过
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1. I hastened up the steps of the vault and out into the street.
我匆忙走上地下室的台阶，出去到了街上。
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2. Extrapolating current trends, some forecasters predict that China’s economy will vault ahead of America’s in 15 years.
一些预言家根据目前的趋势推断，中国经济将在未来的15年来跳跃到美国的前面去。
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3. They also offer an option that allows your hidden door to double as a vault door, so your valuables stay double protected.
他们还提供了一个选择，可以使你的隐蔽门也充当地下室，所以你的贵重物品得到双倍保护。
- vault (n.1) "arched roof or ceiling," c. 1300, vaute, from Old French voute "arch, vaulting, vaulted roof or chamber," from Vulgar Latin *volta, contraction of *volvita, noun use of fem. of *volvitus, alteration of Latin volutus "bowed, arched," past participle of volvere "to turn, turn around, roll," from PIE root *wel- (3) "to turn, revolve." The -l- appeared in English c. 1400, an etymological insertion in imitation of earlier forms (compare fault (n.), assault (n.)).
- vault (n.2) "a leap," especially using the hands or a pole, 1570s, from vault (v.1).
- vault (v.1) "jump or leap over," especially by aid of the hands or a pole, 1530s, transitive (implied in vaulting); 1560s, intransitive, from Middle French volter "to gambol, leap," from Italian voltare "to turn," from Vulgar Latin *volvitare "to turn, leap," frequentative of Latin volvere "to turn, turn around, roll," from PIE root *wel- (3) "to turn, revolve." Related: Vaulted; vaulting.
- vault (v.2) "to form with a vault or arched roof," late 14c., from Old French vaulter, volter, from voute "arch, vaulted roof" (see vault (n.1)). Related: Vaulted; vaulting.
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