vault
vault — 名詞
1. a heavily reinforced room, normally found inside a bank, whose massive concrete
金庫
牆厚門固、用來保管貴重物品的房間
a heavily reinforced room, normally found inside a bank, whose massive concrete or steel walls and locked metal entrance keep cash, gold bars, jewellery, and other valuables safe from theft.
Ramón slid the diamond necklace into a deposit box inside the hotel's vault.
Ramón 把那條鑽石項鍊放進飯店金庫裡的保管箱。
into / inside the vault
Three armed guards watched as the manager unlocked the bank's main vault.
三名持槍警衛看著經理打開銀行的主金庫。
the bank's vault
The robbers spent two hours drilling through the steel door of the underground vault.
搶匪花了兩小時鑽穿地下金庫的鋼門。
Old film reels are stored in a temperature-controlled vault beneath the studio.
舊膠卷存放在攝影棚下方一座恆溫的金庫裡。
Meera signed three forms before staff would let her into the vault.
Meera 簽了三份表格，工作人員才讓她進入金庫。
- safe
smaller box-sized container, not a whole room
- strongroom
near-equivalent; common in British usage
- depository
broader term for any building used to store valuables
文法句型
in the vault
the bank's vault
用法筆記
Subject is usually a person handling valuables or an institution; objects stored are typically cash, jewellery, gold, documents, or master copies. Often paired with 'lock', 'unlock', 'break into', or 'store in'.
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2. a curved stone or brick roof shaped like one or several arches joined together,
拱頂
由拱形結構組成的屋頂或天花板
a curved stone or brick roof shaped like one or several arches joined together, often seen above the main hall of an old church or grand public building.
Hui tilted her head back to admire the painted vault of the cathedral.
Hui 仰起頭，欣賞大教堂上彩繪的拱頂。
the vault of [building] for an arched ceiling
Stone vaults rose above the long hallway of the medieval abbey in Burgundy.
石造拱頂高高聳立在勃艮第那座中世紀修道院的長廊之上。
plural: stone vaults rose above [space]
The architect designed a glass vault to let sunlight pour into the museum's atrium.
建築師設計了一座玻璃拱頂，讓陽光灑進博物館的中庭。
Workers carefully repaired cracks in the vault above the abbey's main altar.
工人小心修補修道院主祭壇上方拱頂的裂縫。
文法句型
the vault of [building]
用法筆記
Often appears with descriptive modifiers (barrel vault, ribbed vault, fan vault) in writing about churches, castles, and historical buildings. Distinct from sense 1 (bank room) and sense 3 (burial chamber).
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3. a small stone room beneath a church or inside a graveyard, where coffins of dead
墓室
教堂下方或墓園中的家族安葬空間
a small stone room beneath a church or inside a graveyard, where coffins of dead family members are placed side by side instead of being put under the earth.
Generations of the Whitfield family rest in a marble vault below the village chapel.
Whitfield 家族好幾代人都安葬在村裡小教堂下的大理石墓室中。
rest in a vault
Zayd's grandfather had asked to be laid to rest in the family vault near Cairo.
Zayd 的祖父生前要求安葬在開羅附近的家族墓室裡。
the family vault
Tour guides led visitors down stone steps into the cold burial vault under the cathedral.
導遊帶遊客沿著石階走進大教堂下方那間冰冷的墓室。
Workers sealed the entrance to the vault after the funeral service ended.
葬禮結束後，工人封住了墓室入口。
文法句型
family vault
the vault of [family/church]
用法筆記
Distinct from sense 2 (architectural roof) even though the burial chamber often has an arched ceiling — here the focus is on the chamber as a place of burial. Frequently modified by 'family', 'burial', or 'royal'.
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4. a single jump in which someone leaps over something tall, usually by pushing off
撐跳；騰越
以雙手或長竿跳越障礙的動作
a single jump in which someone leaps over something tall, usually by pushing off with their hands or with a long pole, often as part of a sport or escape.
Nala scored a perfect ten on her final vault at the national gymnastics championship.
Nala 在全國體操錦標賽的最後一個跳馬動作得到滿分十分。
score on a vault (gymnastics context)
The thief escaped with a single vault over the garden wall and disappeared down the alley.
竊賊撐手一躍翻過花園牆，消失在巷子盡頭。
a vault over [obstacle]
Eli's pole vault cleared five metres and broke the school record.
Eli 的撐竿跳躍過了五公尺，打破校內紀錄。
One quick vault took the runner clear of the fallen branch on the trail.
跑者一個輕巧的騰越，就跳過了步道上倒下的樹枝。
文法句型
a vault over [obstacle]
pole vault / gymnastic vault
用法筆記
Often the noun form of the verb sense 1; common in gymnastics ('vault apparatus', 'vault routine') and athletics ('pole vault'). The plural 'vaults' counts separate jumps.
vault — 動詞
1. to clear something tall in one quick jump, pushing yourself up and over with you
撐越；躍過
以雙手或長竿迅速跳越障礙
to clear something tall in one quick jump, pushing yourself up and over with your hands pressed on it or with the help of a long pole.
Christopher vaulted over the wooden fence and ran after the loose dog.
Christopher 撐越木柵欄，追了上去找那隻跑掉的狗。
vault over [obstacle]
The young soldier vaulted the low wall in a single smooth movement.
那名年輕士兵以一個流暢的動作躍過低牆。
transitive: vault [obstacle] (no preposition)
Reuben gripped the long pole, ran ten quick steps, and vaulted high above the bar.
Reuben 握緊長竿，飛快跑了十步，高高躍過橫桿之上。
Apinya vaulted lightly onto the back of the horse without using the stirrups.
Apinya 輕巧地躍上馬背，沒有踩馬鐙。
Hoa vaulted off the gym box and landed neatly on both feet.
Hoa 從體操跳箱上一躍而下，雙腳穩穩落地。
- crawl under
going below an obstacle instead of over
文法句型
vault over [obstacle]
vault [obstacle]
vault onto / off [surface]
用法筆記
Subject is animate (a person or sometimes an animal); object or following preposition phrase names what is jumped over. Stronger and more skilled-sounding than 'jump over' — implies athletic technique.
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2. to lift a person, team, or thing out of where they are now and place them, all a
一躍躋身
突然把人或團體推上更高地位
to lift a person, team, or thing out of where they are now and place them, all at once, into a much higher and more important position — for example, a single hit song lifting an unknown singer to international stardom.
One viral performance vaulted Élise from a small choir into international stardom overnight.
一段爆紅的演出讓 Élise 在一夜之間從小型合唱團一躍躋身國際巨星。
vault [person] from [low position] into [high position]
The startling election result vaulted Selim to the top of his party in a single week.
那個出乎意料的選舉結果，讓 Selim 在一週內一躍躋身黨內最高層。
vault [person] to the top of [organisation]
A surprise victory in Madrid vaulted the underdog team into the league finals.
在馬德里的爆冷勝利，讓那支不被看好的球隊一躍躋身聯賽決賽。
Madison was vaulted into the chief editor's role after the previous editor resigned.
前任總編請辭後，Madison 一躍躋身總編輯一職。
- demote
move down rather than up in status
文法句型
vault someone/something to/into [position]
be vaulted to fame / stardom / power
用法筆記
Frequently passive and used in journalism about sudden career or political success. The subject (active) is typically an event, achievement, or scandal; the object is the person or group that benefits. Distinct from sense 1 (physical jump) — here the leap is metaphorical.