bier是什么意思？

bier

英[bɪə(r)] 美[bɪr]

• n. 棺材，棺材架；

复数：biers;

例句

• He began to wail like a man at a bier. 他像抚棺恸哭那样嚎啕起来.
• And the bier was lifted once more, and they proceeded. 于是担架又被抬了起来, 他们继续向前走去.
• We decorated the seat of the bier awfully and solemnly. 我们把灵寝装饰得庄严肃穆.

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. a coffin along with its stand;
  "we followed the bier to the graveyard"
  2. a stand to support a corpse or a coffin prior to burial