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vaulting

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拱形圆顶,圆屋顶,跳跳的,跳过的,夸大的

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

资料来源 : WordNet®

vaulting
     adj : revealing excessive self-confidence; reaching for the
           heights; "vaulting ambition" [syn: {overreaching}]

vaulting
     n 1: (architecture) a vaulted structure; "arches and vaulting"
     2: a light leap by a horse in which both hind legs leave the
        ground before the forelegs come down [syn: {curvet}]
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