Vault
【双语释义】 A vault is a room underneath a church or in a cemetery where people are buried, usually the members of a single family.
C.N.(通常指安葬同一家族死者的)教堂地下室;墓穴;墓室
【典型范例1】He ordered that Matilda's body should be buried in the family vault.
他指示马蒂尔达的遗体必须葬在家族墓穴里。
【典型范例2】The old patrician was buried in the family vault.
这位老贵族埋在家族的墓地里。
Race
【双语释义】any of several large subdivisions of mankind sharing physical characteristics, eg colour of skin, colour and type of hair, shape of eyes and nose。
人种; 种族
【典型范例1】They are Negro race.
他们是黑色人种。
【典型范例2】Those are people of mixed race.
这些人是混血儿。
Skeleton
【双语释义】If you say that someone has a skeleton in the closet, or in British English a skeleton in the cupboard, you mean that they are keeping secret a bad or embarrassing fact about themselves.
家丑;不可告人的丑事
【典型范例】Mr Worthing is this election's Mr Nice Guy, without any skeletons in his cupboard.
沃辛先生是此次选举中的正派先生,本身没有任何见不得人的丑事。