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

• 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 are welcome in the motherland, but only in coffins.
  他们在祖国受到欢迎，但只是在棺材里。
• You and Hareton may, if you please, accompany me: and mind, particularly, to notice that the sexton obeys my directions concerning the two coffins!
  如果你们愿意，你和哈里顿可以陪我去：特别要记住，注意教堂司事要遵照我关于两个棺木的指示！
• 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。
• The coffins stood in the baking heat surrounded by mourners.
  棺材放在炽热的太阳下，周围是哀悼的人们。
• 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。
• Funeral attendants place lids on the coffins, banging each corner several times with a mallet. Dirt is thrown down on the lid, as loud as stones on a tile roof.
  葬礼服务人员将棺材盖上，用木槌在每个角都敲上几下，然后往棺材盖上撒泥土，声音就和石头砸在瓦屋顶上的声音一样大。
• Cardboard coffins which are as thick as their wooden counterparts can be decorated by family and biodegrade within three months.
  和木棺有一样厚度的纸板棺材可以由家人装点并三个月内降解。
• The shop was close and hot, and the atmosphere seemed tainted with the smell of coffins.
  店堂里相当闷热，空气仿佛被棺木的味儿污染了。
• Boca had already started making available coffins bearing the team's blue and yellow colours.
  不久前，博卡俱乐部已经开始向球迷出售带有该队蓝黄会徽的棺材。