a room with thick walls and a strong door, especially in a bank, used for keeping valuable things safe (尤指银行的)金库,保险库 Most of her jewellery is stored in bank vaults. 她的大部分珠宝都存放在银行金库里。 Thieves broke in and took over £2m from the vaults. 小偷破门而入,从金库里拿走了200多万英镑。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- secure
- subterranean
- underground
- …
- keep something in
- store something in
- lock
- …
- in a/the vault
a room under a church or in a cemetery, used for burying people (教堂的)地下墓室;(坟地的)墓穴 She is to be buried in the family vault. 她将安葬在家族墓穴里。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- burial
- family
- royal
- …
- bury somebody in
a roof or ceiling in the form of an arch or a series of arches Topics Buildingsc2穹顶;拱顶;穹隆 a jump made by vaulting see also pole vault撑物跳高;撑竿跳
Word Originnoun Middle English: from Old French voute, based on Latin volvere ‘to roll’.