单词 | vaulting |
释义 | vaulting (once / 3955 pages) nadj WORD FAMILY vaulting: vaultingly, vaultings+/vault: vaulted, vaulter, vaulting, vaults/vaulter: vaulters USAGE EXAMPLESHe concerned himself with canon-building and was a significant force, for example, in vaulting F. Scott Fitzgerald to the firmament of American letters. Slate(Dec 20, 2016) Bell flew instead, vaulting when Darby appeared ready to dive at Bell’s legs. Washington Times(Dec 14, 2016) Yet no recount has any chance of even vaulting Stein past Gary Johnson into the third-place slot. Washington Times(Nov 30, 2016) 1n (architecture) a vaulted structure arches and vaulting Hypo|Hyper fan vaulting an elaborate system of vaulting in which the ribs diverge like fans construction, structure a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts 2n a light leap by a horse in which both hind legs leave the ground before the forelegs come down Syn|Hyper curvet dressage maneuvers of a horse in response to body signals by the rider 3adj revealing excessive self-confidence; reaching for the heights vaulting ambition Syn overreaching bold fearless and daring |
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