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；
• 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。
• Their coffins were draped with American flags.
  他们的灵柩上覆盖着美国国旗。
• However, he would not leave her in peace, until she unlocked the room and showed him the coffins, already filled with wood shavings.
  可是便雅明老是缠着王后，终于逼得她打开了密室，让他看了那十二副里面装满了刨花的棺材。
• 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。
• 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。
• How many coffins did you sell last night?
  昨晚卖了几副棺材？
• 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。
• 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。
• Fantasy coffins shaped like Coca-Cola bottles, chickens, cars, cameras, birds and bibles are all on sale.
  形如可乐瓶、小鸡、汽车、照相机、小鸟、圣经这样富有想象力的棺材你都可以在这里买到。