coffin是什么意思？

coffin

英[ˈkɒfɪn] 美[ˈkɔfɪn]

• n. 棺材，蹄槽；
• vt. 收殓；

复数：coffins;

第三人称单数：coffins;

过去式：coffined;

过去分词：coffined;

现在分词：coffining;

例句

• I missed the deadline again last week; I suppose that is another nail in my coffin. 上星期我又误了最后期限,我想那是另一个促使我完蛋的错误。
• The coffin was placed in the grave. 那口棺材已安放到坟墓里去了。
• They bore the coffin into the church. 他们把棺材抬进教堂。
• The sight of the coffin sent a shudder through him. 看到那副棺材，他浑身一阵战栗。
• The coffin lid had been screwed down. 棺材盖已经盖紧了。
• The coffin was carried by six soldiers walking in lockstep . 灵柩由齐步行进的六名士兵抬着。
• Two reporters had to help lower the coffin into the grave. 两名记者不得不帮忙把灵柩慢慢地放进墓穴中。
• The coffin had been draped in a Union Jack. 灵柩上覆盖着英国国旗。
• The coffin lying before the altar was bare, except for a single wreath of white roses... 祭台前的棺木上除了仅有的一个白玫瑰花圈外，没有其他任何装饰。
• A cool $500,000 is to be spent on obtaining genuine 17th-century air from the inside of, wait for it, an occupied lead coffin. 将花费整整50万美元获取货真价实的17世纪的空气，注意了，是从一个内有尸体的铅制棺材里获得。

同义词

• n.
  coffin的同义词之：棺材
  pall, sarcophagus, box, casket, pine,

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  棺材;灵柩
  A coffin is a box in which a dead body is buried or cremated.
• PHRASE
  促使…失败（或完结）的因素
  If you say that one thing is a nail in the coffin of another thing, you mean that it will help bring about its end or failure.
  例句
  A fine would be the final nail in the coffin of the airline. 罚款将会是对这家航空公司的最后致命一击。

英汉词典释义

• n.
  棺材
  The coffin lid had been screwed down. 棺材盖已经盖紧了。 The sight of the coffin sent a shudder through him. 看到那副棺材，他浑身一阵战栗。 They bore the coffin into the church. 他们把棺材抬进教堂。 The coffin was placed in the grave. 那口棺材已安放到坟墓里去了。
  使某人早亡〔死,完蛋,垮台等〕之物
  I missed the deadline again last week; I suppose that is another nail in my coffin. 上星期我又误了最后期限,我想那是另一个促使我完蛋的错误。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. box in which a corpse is buried or cremated
• Verb
  1. place into a coffin;
  "her body was coffined"