coffins是什么意思？

coffins

• n. 棺材( coffin的名词复数 )，使某人早亡[死，完蛋，垮台等]之物；

例句

• What did you expect, coffins and dungeons and moats? 你以为呢棺材地牢还有壕沟?
• Donate some coffins to the temple, equal to the number of deaths. 到寺庙里, 捐赠棺材盒给这些死者吧.
• The shop was close and hot, and the atmosphere seemed tainted with the smell of coffins. 店堂里相当闷热, 空气仿佛被棺木的味儿污染了.
• About 150 local people looked on in silence as the two coffins were taken into the church. 两具棺材被抬进教堂时，约有150名当地人在一旁默默观看。
• The coffins stood in the baking heat surrounded by mourners. 棺材放在炽热的太阳下，周围是哀悼的人们。

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。