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coffin n.棺材 (1) 彼得能看见烟雾中的棺材。(2) 我滑出棺材并且帮他站起来。 Most coffins are made of wood, though they can also be steel, fiberglass, or bamboo. A coffin is generally thought of as the same thing as a casket, although some people distinguish between a six-sided coffin and a four-sided casket. The earliest meaning of coffin, from the 14th century, was "box for valuables," from the Latin cophinus, "basket or hamper," and the Greek root kophinos, "a basket."

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英 ['kɒfɪn] 美 ['kɔːfɪn] (1) Peter could see the coffin amid the smoke.(2) I slip out the coffin and help him get up. The long wooden box in which a dead body is kept for burial or cremation is called a coffin. At a graveside funeral, you'll see the coffin lowered into a grave. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]棺材；灵柩 A coffin is a box in which a dead body is buried or cremated. 2[PHRASE 短语]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.   [oft PHR of n]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。

英语单词	coffin
英美音标	英 ['kɒfɪn] 美 ['kɔːfɪn]
中文释义	n.棺材
英语例句	(1) Peter could see the coffin amid the smoke. (2) I slip out the coffin and help him get up.
中文例句	(1) 彼得能看见烟雾中的棺材。 (2) 我滑出棺材并且帮他站起来。
vocabulary简明	The long wooden box in which a dead body is kept for burial or cremation is called a coffin. At a graveside funeral, you'll see the coffin lowered into a grave.
vocabulary扩展	Most coffins are made of wood, though they can also be steel, fiberglass, or bamboo. A coffin is generally thought of as the same thing as a casket, although some people distinguish between a six-sided coffin and a four-sided casket. The earliest meaning of coffin, from the 14th century, was "box for valuables," from the Latin cophinus, "basket or hamper," and the Greek root kophinos, "a basket."
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]棺材；灵柩 A coffin is a box in which a dead body is buried or cremated. 2 [PHRASE 短语]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. [oft PHR of n] 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。

Coffin Box Dead Body Thing Nail 英 Kɒfɪn] 美