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 coffin had been draped in a Union Jack
灵柩上覆盖着英国国旗。 - 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。 - I shall pay for my coffin and funeral.
我要准备好我的棺材和葬礼。 - My father's working bench was covered with a cloth and his coffin was laid there
爸爸的工作台上盖了一块布,他的灵枢就陈放在那儿。 - And to buy wood for a coffin.
和买一个木棺呀。 - When one's coffin is covered, all discussion about him can be settled.
盖棺论定。 - The coffin lying before the altar was bare, except for a single wreath of white roses
祭台前的棺木上除了仅有的一个白玫瑰花圈外,没有其他任何装饰。 - The coffin closed with a dull thud.
棺材合上时发出一声闷响。 - 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。 - 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。