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coffer n.保险箱；（建筑物的）镶板；防水堰（复数）coffers: 金库.v.放入保险箱；用平顶镶板装饰 (1) 几年过去了，幸福的几年过去了，这几年玫瑰开放，铜保险箱在变大。 You can keep your heirlooms, jewels, and savings bonds in a coffer, a safe chest for tucking such things safely away. Coffer takes on a figurative meaning when you talk about the coffers of a large institution: "There's plenty of money in the government coffers — they just don't want to spend it on education!" Yet another meaning of the word is "decorative sunken panel in a ceiling," such as one you'd see in a mosque, museum, or cathedral ceiling.

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英 ['kɒfə(r)] 美 ['kɔːfər] (1) Years passed, happy years when the roses bloomed and the copper coffer grew. A coffer is a small safe or lockbox that's meant for keeping precious or valuable items safe. Your grandfather might keep his important papers in a coffer in his study. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]贵重物品箱；保险箱 A coffer is a large strong chest used for storing valuable objects such as money or gold and silver.   [OLD-FASHIONED 过时]2[N-PLURAL 复数名词]财源；金库；资金 The coffers of an organization consist of the money that it has to spend, imagined as being collected together in one place.   [with supp]The proceeds from the lottery go towards sports and recreation, as well as swelling the coffers of the government...彩票收入用于发展体育和娱乐产业，同时还用来充实国库。Large public and private companies have long been contributors to Tory party coffers.长期以来，大型的上市公司和私营企业一直在为保守党捐助资金。

英语单词	coffer
英美音标	英 ['kɒfə(r)] 美 ['kɔːfər]
中文释义	n.保险箱；（建筑物的）镶板；防水堰（复数）coffers: 金库. v.放入保险箱；用平顶镶板装饰
英语例句	(1) Years passed, happy years when the roses bloomed and the copper coffer grew.
中文例句	(1) 几年过去了，幸福的几年过去了，这几年玫瑰开放，铜保险箱在变大。
vocabulary简明	A coffer is a small safe or lockbox that's meant for keeping precious or valuable items safe. Your grandfather might keep his important papers in a coffer in his study.
vocabulary扩展	You can keep your heirlooms, jewels, and savings bonds in a coffer, a safe chest for tucking such things safely away. Coffer takes on a figurative meaning when you talk about the coffers of a large institution: "There's plenty of money in the government coffers — they just don't want to spend it on education!" Yet another meaning of the word is "decorative sunken panel in a ceiling," such as one you'd see in a mosque, museum, or cathedral ceiling.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]贵重物品箱；保险箱 A coffer is a large strong chest used for storing valuable objects such as money or gold and silver. [OLD-FASHIONED 过时] 2 [N-PLURAL 复数名词]财源；金库；资金 The coffers of an organization consist of the money that it has to spend, imagined as being collected together in one place. [with supp] The proceeds from the lottery go towards sports and recreation, as well as swelling the coffers of the government... 彩票收入用于发展体育和娱乐产业，同时还用来充实国库。 Large public and private companies have long been contributors to Tory party coffers. 长期以来，大型的上市公司和私营企业一直在为保守党捐助资金。

Coffer Large Money Years Safe Valuable Chest Meaning