vaultnoun詞源 1/vɒlt/

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  An arched masonry structure supporting and forming a ceiling, whether freestanding or forming part of a larger building.

  • The decoration of the vault of Sainte-Chapelle was much brighter before its 19th-century restoration.
  • the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault
• 2

  Any arched ceiling or roof.

• 3

  Anything resembling such a downward-facing concave structure, particularly caves and the sky or firmament.

  • The stalactites held tightly to the cave's vault.
  • His fiery eies are fixt vpon the earth. As if he now deuiſ’d some Stratageme: Or meant to pierce Auernus darkſome vauts. To pull the triple headed dog from hell.
• 4

  The space covered by an arched roof, particularly underground rooms and (Christianity, obsolete) church crypts.

• 5

  Any cellar or underground storeroom.

  • to banish rats that haunt our vault
• 6

  Any burial chamber, particularly those underground.

  • Holonyms: catacomb, cuniculus
  • Near-synonyms: crypt, mausoleum
• 7

  The secure room or rooms in or below a bank used to store currency and other valuables; similar rooms in other settings.

  • During the extreme civil disorder prior to January 22, 1976 in Beirut, Lebanon, a guerrilla force blasted the vaults of the British Bank of the Middle East in Bab Idriss and cleared out safe deposit boxes with contents valued by former Finance Minister Lucien Dahadah at $50 million, and by another source at an "absolute minimum" of $20 million.
• 8

  Any archive of past content.

vaultverb詞源 1/vɒlt/

• 1

  To build as, or cover with a vault.

  • The shady arch that vaulted the broad green alley.
• 2

  To store in a vault.

• 3

  video-gamesTo remove (an item, character, etc.) from a video game in an update.

  • In future updates, most likely in season six, more items will get vaulted.
  • While vaulting some old content may turn off a few players, Bungie seems intent on bringing as many players under its tent as possible first.

vaultverb詞源 2/vɒlt/

• 1

  To jump or leap over with a hand and/or foot on the item for support.

  • The fugitive vaulted over the fence to escape.
  • The fugitive vaulted the fence to escape.

vaultnoun詞源 2/vɒlt/

• 1

  An act of vaulting, formerly (chiefly) by deer; a leap or jump.

• 2

  gymnasticshobbieslifestyleA piece of apparatus used for performing jumps.

• 3

  gymnasticshobbieslifestyleA gymnastic movement performed on this apparatus.

  • Each vault has three segments: “preflight” (the movement from the springboard onto the table), “block” (the moment the hands touch and leave the table) and “postflight” (the flips and twists before landing). […] Handspring and Tsukahara vaults are less common than Yurchenko-style vaults, but some gymnasts specialize in them.
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  equestrianismhobbieshorsesSynonym of volte: a circular movement by the horse.

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  gymnasticshobbieslifestyleAn event or performance involving a vaulting horse.