coffin

英 [ˈkɒfɪn]

美 [ˈkɔːfɪn]

n.  棺材; 棺椁; 棺木
vt.  收殓

复数：coffins　现在分词：coffining　过去式：coffined　第三人称单数：coffins　过去分词：coffined　

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Collins.2 / BNC.4194 / COCA.6258

习惯用语

n.

a nail in sb's/sth's coffin
• 导致失败的事物；导致某事终结之物
  something that makes the end or failure of an organization, sb's plans, etc. more likely to happen

牛津词典

noun

• 棺材；棺椁；棺木
  a box in which a dead body is buried or cremated

柯林斯词典

• 棺材;灵柩
  Acoffinis 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 isa nail in the coffin ofanother thing, you mean that it will help bring about its end or failure.
  1. 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。

英英释义

noun

• box in which a corpse is buried or cremated
  Synonym:casket

verb

• place into a coffin
  1. her body was coffined

双语例句

• To see how big a coffin I need.
  看我要一个多大的棺材。
• She watched his face, as the coffin was lowered into the ground. As soon as it was decent, he plunged through the crowd towards the cars.
  棺材慢慢放入墓穴时她一直注视着他的脸。礼仪许可的时间一到，他便挤过人群走向那些车子。
• I shall pay for my coffin and funeral.
  我要准备好我的棺材和葬礼。
• My father's working bench was covered with a cloth and his coffin was laid there
  爸爸的工作台上盖了一块布，他的灵枢就陈放在那儿。
• 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。
• She already has a coffin.
  她已经有具棺材了。
• The old man's dead body had already been laid inside a wooden coffin in the hall.
  老人的尸体已经被放在客厅中一个木质的棺材里。
• Coming to town with his coffin.
  和他的棺材一起到镇上去。
• The dwarfs pitied him and gave him the coffin.
  小矮人很同情王子，就把棺材给了他。
• And sat down on the dismantled coffin.
  坐上了撬开的棺材。