vaulting的意思|vaulting的解释-里氏词典

vaulting ['vɒ:ltiŋ]

n. 拱形圆顶, 拱顶建筑, 跳跃

a. 跳跃的, 跳过的, 夸大的

vaulting

[ noun ]

(architecture) a vaulted structure

<noun.artifact>

arches and vaulting

a light leap by a horse in which both hind legs leave the ground before the forelegs come down

<noun.act>

[ adj ]

revealing excessive self-confidence; reaching for the heights

<adj.all>

vaulting ambition

Vault \Vault\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Vaulted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Vaulting}.] [OE. vouten, OF. volter, vouter, F. vo[^u]ter.
See {Vault} an arch.]
1. To form with a vault, or to cover with a vault; to give
the shape of an arch to; to arch; as, vault a roof; to
vault a passage to a court.

The shady arch that vaulted the broad green alley.
--Sir W.
Scott.

2. [See {Vault}, v. i.] To leap over; esp., to leap over by
aid of the hands or a pole; as, to vault a fence.

I will vault credit, and affect high pleasures.
--Webster
(1623).

Vaulting \Vault"ing\, n.
1. The act of constructing vaults; a vaulted construction.

2. Act of one who vaults or leaps.

The station is an enormous pile of granite and marble, bulging with muscular horses and men and sheathed in semi-Roman vaulting.
While it's remarkable that anyone could run a mile at all after an 8 1/2-hour day of dashing and tossing, O'Brien confirmed that his fade bespoke the need for better conditioning, as well as more time around the vaulting pit.
"Macbeth is not as old as I am. When you're over 50, vaulting ambition is no longer part of your psyche.
Daffynition Political landslide: poll vaulting.
A major contractor on Star Wars research, BDM has advised the Pentagon on vaulting giant mirrors into space off which lasers would be bounced to destroy traveling missiles.
Under Sam Walton, the company expanded in the 1970s and 1980s, making his family worth billions and vaulting Wal-Mart to the third-biggest U.S. retailer behind No.1 Sears and second-ranked K mart Corp.
On such a scale, a smashing sales success for GM-10 could be the automotive version of "The Empire Strikes Back," vaulting GM back to its former preeminence and auguring bountiful profits into the next decade.
The merger approved Friday will nearly double Bank of New York's size, vaulting it close to the top 10 of the nation's largest banking companies.
In 1984, he gained a seat on the party presidium in Serbia, vaulting into the top party seat last year after making his mark at a demonstration in Kosovo, where he prevented police from beating a crowd of Slav protesters.
The rift between the two parties was credited with splitting the opposition vote during the December election and vaulting Roh into power.
But Mr. Neves died before taking office, vaulting Mr. Sarney, his running mate, to the presidency.

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