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

• Coming to town with his coffin.
  和他的棺材一起到镇上去。
• On her dress and her coffin.
  给她买了礼服和棺材。
• 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。
• Simon: I'm telling you, that coffin's moving!
  西蒙：我一直在告诉你，这个棺材在移动！
• I shall pay for my coffin and funeral.
  我要准备好我的棺材和葬礼。
• A steady procession of people filed past the coffin
  人们排成一队，一个接一个地从灵柩旁走过。
• 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。
• 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。
• The dwarfs pitied him and gave him the coffin.
  小矮人很同情王子，就把棺材给了他。
• And sat down on the dismantled coffin.
  坐上了撬开的棺材。