coffer

英 [ˈkɒfə(r)]

美 [ˈkɔːfər]

n.  (旧时的)保险柜，贵重物品箱; (政府、机构等的)金库，资金

复数：coffers　现在分词：coffering　

GREIELTS

Collins.1 / BNC.14168 / COCA.13651

牛津词典

noun

• （旧时的）保险柜，贵重物品箱
  a large strong box, used in the past for storing money or valuable objects
• （政府、机构等的）金库，资金
  a way of referring to the money that a government, an organization, etc. has available to spend
  1. The nation's coffers are empty.
     国库空虚。

柯林斯词典

• 贵重物品箱;保险箱
  Acofferis a large strong chest used for storing valuable objects such as money or gold and silver.
• N-PLURAL 财源;金库;资金
  Thecoffers ofan organization consist of the money that it has to spend, imagined as being collected together in one place.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。

英英释义

noun

• a chest especially for storing valuables
• an ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome
  Synonym:caissonlacuna

双语例句

• Now, the coffer was too small to contain a body; therefore it contained money.
  况且那箱子太小，装不了一个死人，那么它装的一定是钱了。
• Using the vibration shaking grouting technique, combining the coffer of the water inlet in Shangdu power plant of Inner Mongolia, has efficiently resolved the problem of the bad gradation backfill and given the concrete treatment process.
  结合内蒙古上都电厂进水口围堰工程实际情况，采用振孔摆喷灌浆技术，有效地解决了围堰回填料级配不良的问题，并给出了具体的处理方法。
• On Pattern of Dam Construction Diversion and Flood Control Criterion of Coffer dam
  关于大坝施工导流方式及围堰洪水标准问题
• These are the believers in life and the bounty of life, and their coffer is never empty.
  他们相信生命和生命的赠礼，他们的储柜从不空虚。
• Study on Dynamic Properties of Dumbbell-Shaped Steel Coffer Used for Pile Cap of Ultra Large Bridge's Main Pier
  特大型桥梁主墩承台哑铃状钢套箱的动力性能研究
• Lib is the coffer for essential system libraries.
  lib用于存储基本的系统库文件。
• Literary creation is no longer restricted to career writers who live off the government coffer.
  现在，文学创作已不再仅局限于那些靠政府发工资的职业作家。
• All I want is a proper cup of coffer made in a proper copper coffer pot.
  我要的是一杯用真正的铜咖啡壶煮出来的真正的咖啡。
• The small coffer, which has disturbed seriously the order of the financial activities, is very dangerous.
  小金库严重扰乱了财务活动秩序，危害极大。
• Three compartments divided the coffer.
  那只钱柜分成了三格。