喜樂美語

這個拼法底下其實是2個不同的字，意思沒有關係， 只是長得一樣。下面分開列出來。跳到 衝得太高的 · 拱頂

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vaulting

a

核心畫面

One way to see it: a launch upward and over. A body swings up onto the back of a moving horse; a hope shoots up past the height anyone expected. The same jump, once with a real body and once with what is inside a person.

可以想成一個往上躍過去的動作。一種是真的身體：人一撐，就跳上正在跑的馬背。一種是心裡的東西：希望、野心、樂觀往上衝，…更多收起可以想成一個往上躍過去的動作。一種是真的身體：人一撐，就跳上正在跑的馬背。一種是心裡的東西：希望、野心、樂觀往上衝，衝過一般人會停下來的高度。兩邊共用同一個畫面，差別只在跳的是身體還是念頭。

From the picture

心往上衝過頭

同一個往上跳的畫面，這次跳的是人心裡的期望；跳得高，也可能收不住。

adjective · C2

Describing a hope, a plan or a feeling that shoots up far above what is usual or sensible, so that it may be reaching further than it can hold.

衝得太高的

Also in this word

noun · C2

The sport of doing gymnastic and dance moves on the back of a horse while it moves, often while the horse goes in a circle on a long rope held by a trainer.

馬上體操

A second word, same spelling

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vaulting

n

核心畫面

One way to see it: stone lifting off the walls in curves and meeting overhead, so the ceiling itself is made of arches. Vaulting is that curved covering, and also the craft of building it.

可以想成：石頭從牆邊往上拱起來，在你頭頂互相接住。整片天花板不是平的，而是一道一道弧形接成的。vaulting 就是…更多收起可以想成：石頭從牆邊往上拱起來，在你頭頂互相接住。整片天花板不是平的，而是一道一道弧形接成的。vaulting 就是那整片彎起來的覆蓋，也可以指把它蓋出來的那套做法。抬頭看老教堂的天花板，看到的就是這個畫面。

原始詞典資料7 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

vaultingnoun

  • 1

    The practice of constructing vaults, or a particular method of such construction.

  • 2

    A vaulted structure; such structures treated as a group.

    • Spreading over the high vaultings and walls, the traditional scenes from the life of Christ are depicted on an immense scale.
  • 3

    The sport of gymnastics and dance routines performed on horseback, and on the longe line.

vaultingadj

  • 1

    Leaning upward or over.

  • 2

    Exaggerated or overreaching.

    • Vaulting ambition.
    • On Long Bets […] there is an open bet between the British astrophysicist Martin Rees, a noted worrier over apocalyptic possibilities, and Harvard University’s Steven Pinker, famous for his vaulting optimism.
  • 3

    Performing.

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資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。