vault
noun/vɔːlt/
/vɔːlt/
- 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中。 - Thieves broke in and took over £2m from the vaults.
小偷闯入并从金库盗走了 200 万英镑。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- secure
- subterranean
- underground
- …
- keep something in
- store something in
- lock
- …
- in a/the vault
- Most of her jewellery is stored in bank vaults.
- 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
- She is to be buried in the family vault.
- a roof or ceiling in the form of an arch or a series of arches
enlarge image穹顶；拱顶；穹隆 - a jump made by vaulting
撑物跳高；撑竿跳
Word Originnoun Middle English: from Old French voute, based on Latin volvere ‘to roll’.