coffin
noun /ˈkɒfɪn/
/ˈkɔːfɪn/
(especially British English) (North American English usually casket)
Idioms - a box in which a dead body is buried or cremated
棺材；棺椁；棺木 - A procession of mourners slowly followed the coffin.
一队哀悼者慢慢跟在棺材后面。 - the flag-draped coffins of soldiers coming home
运回国的覆盖着国旗的军人灵柩
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- wooden
- flag-draped
- carry
- take
- lower
- …
- in a/the coffin
词源Middle English (in the general sense ‘box, casket’): from Old French cofin ‘little basket or case’, from Latin cophinus, from Greek kophinos ‘basket’. - A procession of mourners slowly followed the coffin.
Idioms
a nail in somebody’s/something’s coffin
- something that makes the end or failure of an organization, somebody’s plans, etc. more likely to happen
导致失败的事物；导致某事终结之物 - This latest defeat is another nail in the government's coffin.
最近的这次失败是政府又一次失败。
- This latest defeat is another nail in the government's coffin.
Wordfinder
- ashes
- cemetery
- coffin
- cremation
- die
- funeral
- grave
- hearse
- morgue
- mourn