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

• Each suit has some hi-tech establishments such as mini-fridge, a private coffer, a Ultra Fine satellite TV, a free LAN connection, a independent bathroom and a CD& player and so on.
  每间房间都有迷你冰箱、私人保险箱、超薄卫星电视、免费宽带上网接口、独立的淋浴间、CD播放机等高科技设施。
• 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。
• 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。
• This coffer was painted black, and the cabriolet yellow.
  箱子是黑漆的，车身则是黄漆。
• Two or three hours later, Boulatruelle had seen this person emerge from the brushwood, carrying no longer the coffer, but a shovel and pick.
  两三个钟头过后，蒲辣秃柳儿看见他那老相知又从树丛里出来，可是他现在掮的不是那只小箱，而是一把镐和一把锹。
• Application of the civil structure coffer dam in construction and diversion project
  三峡一期土石围堰设计与运用土木结构围堰在施工导流工程中的应用
• 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。
• 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。
• In the same coffer he had placed his other treasures, the Bishop's candlesticks.
  在小箱中，他又把他的另一宝物，主教的烛台也放了进去。
• In an instant a space three feet long by two feet broad was cleared, and Dants could see an oaken coffer, bound with cut steel.
  一霎时，挖开了一块三尺长两尺宽的地面，唐太斯看到了一只橡木钱柜，外面包着一层已被挖破了的铁皮。