English Dictionary

vault

IPA（発音記号）

/vɒlt/

名詞

比喩的用法 頻度副詞 廃用 婉語

An arched masonry structure supporting and forming a ceiling, whether freestanding or forming part of a larger building. / Any arched ceiling or roof.

日本語の意味

（名詞）アーチ状の石造建築物。天井や屋根として機能する構造物で、単独で立っているものや、他の建物の一部として存在するものを指す。

Light filtered through small windows high in the cathedral's stone vault, casting patterns on the nave below.

大聖堂の石造りのアーチ天井の高い位置にある小さな窓から光が差し込み、下の身廊に模様を落とした。

意味（1）

An arched masonry structure supporting and forming a ceiling, whether freestanding or forming part of a larger building.

The decoration of the vault of Sainte-Chapelle was much brighter before its 19th-century restoration.

意味（2）

Any arched ceiling or roof.

意味（3）

(figuratively) Anything resembling such a downward-facing concave structure, particularly the sky and caves.

The stalactites held tightly to the cave's vault.

意味（4）

The space covered by an arched roof, particularly underground rooms and (Christianity, obsolete) church crypts.

意味（5）

Any cellar or underground storeroom.

to banish rats that haunt our vault

意味（6）

Any burial chamber, particularly those underground.

Family members had been buried in the vault for centuries.

意味（7）

The secure room or rooms in or below a bank used to store currency and other valuables; similar rooms in other settings.

The bank kept their money safe in a large vault.

意味（8）

(often figuratively) Any archive of past content.

意味（9）

(computing) An encrypted digital archive.

意味（10）

(obsolete) An underground or covered conduit for water or waste; a drain; a sewer.

意味（11）

(obsolete) An underground or covered reservoir for water or waste; a cistern; a cesspit.

意味（12）

(obsolete, euphemistic) A room employing a cesspit or sewer: an outhouse; a lavatory.

vaults （ plural ）