vault

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

vault [vault vaults vaulted vaulting] noun, verb BrE [vɔːlt] NAmE [vɔːlt]
noun
1. a room with thick walls and a strong door, especially in a bank, used for keeping valuable things safe
•Most of her jewellery is stored in bank vaults.
2. a room under a church or in a ↑cemetery, used for burying people
•She is to be buried in the family vault.
3. a roof or ceiling in the form of an ↑arch or a series of arches
4. a jump made by ↑vaulting
see also ↑pole vault

Word Origin:
n. Middle English Old French voute Latin volvere ‘to roll’ v. mid 16th cent. Old French volter ‘to turn (a horse), gambol’ Latin volvere ‘to roll’

Example Bank:
•The jewels were kept in a bank vault.

 
verb intransitive, transitive
to jump over an object in a single movement, using your hands or a pole to push you
•~ over sth She vaulted over the gate and ran up the path.
•~ sth to vault a fence
see also ↑pole vault
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
n. Middle English Old French voute Latin volvere ‘to roll’ v. mid 16th cent. Old French volter ‘to turn (a horse), gambol’ Latin volvere ‘to roll’

Example Bank:
•There's no way he could have vaulted the fence with that injury.

 

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  hurdle, bank vault, burial vault, overleap