vault
中文来自 ECDICT
- n.
- 拱顶,窖,地下室,撑竿跳,穹窿
- vt.
- 做成圆拱形,撑竿跳过
- vi.
- 成穹状弯曲,跳跃
1词源 1
演变路径(由近及远)
词源说明
From Middle English vaute, vowte, from Old French volte (modern voûte), from Vulgar Latin *volta < *volvita or *volŭta, a regularization of Latin volūta (compare modern volute (“spire”)), the past participle of volvere (“roll, turn”). Cognate with Spanish vuelta (“turn”) and Portuguese volta ("turn"). Doublet of volute. Displaced native Old English hwealf.
释义(英文)
名词 Noun
- An arched masonry structure supporting and forming a ceiling, whether freestanding or forming part of a
2词源 2
演变路径(由近及远)
词源说明
Borrowed from Middle French volter (“to turn or spin around; to frolic”), borrowed from Italian voltare, itself from a Vulgar Latin frequentative form of Latin volvere; later assimilated to Etymology 1, above.
释义(英文)
动词 Verb
- (ambitransitive) To