vault
n
1 arched roof; series of arches forming a roof 拱券; 拱顶
fan vaulting, ie vaults wherethe arches have ribs, like a fan 扇形拱券. =>illus at App 1见附录1插图, page viii.
2
(a) cellar or underground room used for storing things at a cool temperature 地窖; 地下室
`wine-vaults 酒窖.
(b) similar room beneath a church or in a cemetery, used for burials (教堂或坟场的)地下墓室
in the family vault 在家族的地下墓室中.
3 similar room, esp in a bank and protected by locks, alarms, thick walls, etc, used for keeping valuables safe (设於地下的)金库, 保险库(尤指银行的).
4 covering like an arched roof 拱券状覆盖物
(rhet 修辞) the vault of heaven, ie the sky 苍穹(天空).
vault v [I, Ipr]
~ (over sth) jump in asingle movement over or onto an object with the hand(s) resting on it or with the help of a pole (用手或竿支撑)跳跃
vault (over) a fence 用手支撑跳过篱笆墙
The jockey vaulted lightly into the saddle. 那骑师用手一按马背轻身跃上了马鞍.
(fig fml 比喻, 文) vaulting (ie boundless, overreaching) ambition 奢想. vault, n jump made in this way 撑物跳跃; 撑竿跳.
I think it would be a good idea to have comments from secretaries and typists who are already using it. Then they can express their satisfaction with the product.
我认为,听听使用过这种计算机的秘书和打字员的反映,倒是个好主意。他们可以发表对产品满意的意见。
He could also hear night insects and the sound of waves on the shore.
他还能听到夜晚里昆虫的叫声和波浪拍击岸边的声音。
Next Von Frisch thought that bees needed to know more than just the distance to a faraway place.