| 单词 | safety vault |
| 释义 | > as lemmassafety vault safety vault n. a vault or strongroom for the safe custody of valuable objects.figurative in earliest use. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > place for keeping money > treasury > [noun] > treasure-chamber aumbry1356 treasure-chambera1547 vestry1574 treasury-vault1661 strongroom1676 treasure-vault1813 safety vault1833 treasury-chamber1852 treasure-room1880 1833 1st Ann. Rep. Soc. promoting Man. Labor in Literary Inst. 98 A currency which..makes universal mind the safety vault of its golden deposits. 1839 Adams (Gettysburg, Pa.) Sentinel 25 Feb. This proposition..was not to require these Collectors or Receivers to keep the public moneys in banks instead of their own pockets, pigeon-holes, or safety vaults. 1902 A. D. McFaul Ike Glidden in Maine xvii. 129 The safe suddenly became the people's depository and safety vault. 2007 Scotl. on Sunday (Nexis) 9 Dec. 22 Top-secret plans for a safety vault at the Bundesbank's Berlin branch. < as lemmas |
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