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
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.- 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。
- A fine would be the final nail in the coffin of the airline.
英英释义
noun
- box in which a corpse is buried or cremated
verb
- place into a coffin
- 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。