vault /vɔːlt/ CET6+ TEM8 ( vaulting, vaulted, vaults )

• 1. 

  N-COUNT A vault is a secure room where money and other valuable things can be kept safely. 保险库

  例：

  Most of the money was in storage in bank vaults.

  这笔钱的一大部分是存放在银行保险库中的。

• 2. 

  N-COUNT A vault is a room underneath a church or in a cemetery where people are buried, usually the members of a single family. 家族墓穴

  例：

  He ordered that Matilda's body should be buried in the family vault.

  他下命令说玛蒂尔达的尸体要埋葬在家族墓穴中。

• 3. 

  N an arched structure that forms a roof or ceiling 拱顶; 穹隆

• 4. 

  V-T/V-I If you vault something or vault over it, you jump quickly onto or over it, especially by putting a hand on top of it to help you balance while you jump. (尤指以手支撑的) 跃过; 跳跃

  例：

  He could easily vault the wall.

  他可以轻而易举地跃过这堵墙。

• 5. 

  N the act of vaulting 跳跃

• 6. 

  V to furnish with or as if with an arched roof 以穹隆来装饰