vault

金庫室

お金や貴重品を保管するための、厳重に守られた部屋。

やさしい英語で： A strongly protected room where money and other valuable things are kept.

• The money is in the vault.
• Guards opened the bank vault each morning.
• The museum keeps its rare coins in underground vaults.

類義語： strongroom

よく使う表現： bank vault, secure vault, inside the vault

地下墓室、納骨室

亡くなった人を葬る部屋。多くは地下にある。

やさしい英語で： A room where dead people are buried, often below the ground.

• He was buried in the family vault.
• The old vault held three stone coffins.
• Workers discovered burial vaults beneath the church.

類義語： burial chamber, crypt

よく使う表現： burial vault, family vault, underground vault

ヴォールト、穹窿

アーチのように曲がった形の天井や屋根。

やさしい英語で： A ceiling or roof with a curved, arch-like shape.

• A stone vault covered the hall.
• The church has a beautifully painted vault.
• Tall pillars supported the cathedral’s vaults.

類義語： arched ceiling

よく使う表現： stone vault, ribbed vault, vault above something, masonry vault

飛び越える

手や足で物に支えを取りながら、その上を飛び越えること。

やさしい英語で： To jump over something, using a hand or foot on it for support.

• He vaulted over the fence.
• She vaulted the gate and ran away.
• Can you vault over that wall?

使い方： vault over something (She vaulted over the low wall.)

類義語： jump over, leap over

よく使う表現： vault over something, vault a fence, vault the gate