coffins

英 [ˈkɒfɪnz]

美 [ˈkɔfɪnz]

n.  棺材; 棺椁; 棺木
coffin的第三人称单数和复数

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。

双语例句

• How many coffins did you sell last night?
  昨晚卖了几副棺材？
• Personally, I believe that these coffins, with this kind of curved lid and a rough manufacturing style, are possibly from a very early era.
  我相信这些棺材，这种上翘的盖和粗糙的制作方法，应该是很早以前制造的。
• The stone coffins dating from the Neolithic Age are believed to be the earliest of their kind in China.
  有新石器时期的墓葬群，为我国最早的石棺葬遗存；
• They slept in coffins all day and came out only at night.
  白天他们都睡在棺材里面，只在夜里出来活动。
• He said local authorities were also running out of body bags and coffins.
  他说，当地政府已经用光了裹尸袋和棺材。
• That can mean sharing hearses, or using home-grown flowers and coffins made with cardboard ( pictured) or willow, which biodegrade easily.
  这可意味着共用灵车，或使用自产鲜花以及由硬纸板（如图）或柳木制成的棺材，它们更易被生物降解。
• In a sign of the times, one carpentry shop now sells ready-made coffins.
  作为一种时代的标志，一家木工店现在出售作好的棺材。
• He received a request for special coffins to be taken to the air force base hospital.
  他收到了一个特殊棺材的订单，这个棺材将被带去空军基地医院。
• We need to put my money in coffins to Cuba faster.
  我们得赶快把我的钱用棺材运到古巴去。
• They value coffins as a status symbol and a spiritual way of remembering the deceased's job or personality.
  他们将棺材视为死者社会地位及生前职业或人格的纪念和象征。