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

• 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。
• Put these in her coffin.
  把这些放进了她的棺材。
• 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。
• And I woke up in a coffin.
  我醒过来就在一个棺材里了。
• I drew a coffin lay inside you and she see how I kind of death also let you together.
  我画了一个棺材里面躺着你和她看我多么的善良死也让你们一起。
• We never quite got that third goal to finish them off and drive the final nail into the coffin.
  我们从来没有完全得到了第三个目标是完成这些飞机和驱动器的最后钉进棺材。
• I shall pay for my coffin and funeral.
  我要准备好我的棺材和葬礼。
• 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 coffin had been draped in a Union Jack
  灵柩上覆盖着英国国旗。