• n. 拱頂；撐竿跳；地下室
• vi. 跳躍；成穹狀彎曲
• vt. 做成圓拱形；撐竿跳過

來自拉丁語volutus,彎，拱，來自PIE*wel,彎，轉，詞源同wall,evolve,引申詞義保險庫，撐桿跳。

vault

vault: Vault ‘arched roof’ [14] and vault ‘jump’ [16] are distinct words, although they share a common ancestor: Latin volvere ‘roll, turn’ (source also of English involve, revolve, etc). Its feminine past participle volūta evolved in Vulgar Latin into *volta, which was used as a noun meaning ‘turn’, hence ‘curved roof’.

English acquired it via Old French voute or vaute. The use of vaulted ceilings in underground rooms led in the 16th century to the application of vault to ‘burial chamber’. Also from volvere came Vulgar Latin *volvitāre ‘turn a horse’, hence ‘leap, gambol’. This passed via Italian voltare and French volter into English as vault.
=> involve, revolve, volume

vault (n.1)

"arched roof or ceiling," c. 1300, vaute, from Old French voute "arch, vaulting, vaulted roof or chamber," from Vulgar Latin *volta, contraction of *volvita, noun use of fem. of *volvitus, alteration of Latin volutus "bowed, arched," past participle of volvere "to turn, turn around, roll" (see volvox). The -l- appeared in English c. 1400, an etymological insertion in imitation of earlier forms (compare fault (n.)).

vault (v.1)

"jump or leap over," especially by aid of the hands or a pole, 1530s, transitive (implied in vaulting); 1560s, intransitive, from Middle French volter "to gambol, leap," from Italian voltare "to turn," from Vulgar Latin *volvitare "to turn, leap," frequentative of Latin volvere "to turn, turn around, roll" (see volvox). Related: Vaulted; vaulting.

vault (n.2)

"a leap," especially using the hands or a pole, 1570s, from vault (v.1).

vault (v.2)

"to form with a vault or arched roof," late 14c., from Old French vaulter, volter, from voute "arch, vaulted roof" (see vault (n.1)). Related: Vaulted; vaulting.

1. He ordered that Matilda's body should be buried in the family vault.

他指示馬蒂爾達的遺體必須葬在家族墓穴里。

來自柯林斯例句

2. He could easily vault the wall.

他可以輕松地翻過墻去。

來自柯林斯例句

3. The old patrician was buried in the family vault.

這位老貴族埋在家族的墓地里.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. The gold was reached the bank's vault under convoy of armed guards.

這些黃金在武裝警衛(wèi)的護運下安全運達銀行保險庫.

來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

5. The vault of this cathedral is very high.

這座天主教堂的拱頂非常高.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》