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. 盗贼闯入并从金库中接管了200万英镑。
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 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’.