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

• The dwarfs pitied him and gave him the coffin.
  小矮人很同情王子，就把棺材给了他。
• The coffin had been draped in a Union Jack
  灵柩上覆盖着英国国旗。
• 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。
• 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。
• And I woke up in a coffin.
  我醒过来就在一个棺材里了。
• And to buy wood for a coffin.
  和买一个木棺呀。
• And we already got a coffin.
  我们已经准备了一个棺材。
• 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。
• The coffin closed with a dull thud.
  棺材合上时发出一声闷响。
• When one's coffin is covered, all discussion about him can be settled.
  盖棺论定。