coffin

• 用来安葬或火化遗体的长方形箱子或容器。

A noun referring to a box or container in which a dead body is buried or cremated.

1. Burial containerB1formal

   A long, narrow box in which a dead person is buried or cremated.

   棺材

   • The coffin was carried by six pallbearers.
   • They lowered the coffin into the grave.
   • The family chose a simple wooden coffin for the funeral.

   同义词casketsarcophagus

• 动词，指把某物放入或封入棺材中，或指将某物妥善收藏、密封保存。

A verb meaning to place or enclose something in a coffin, or to store something securely.

1. Place into a coffinB2formal

   To place a dead body into a coffin for burial or cremation.

   把尸体放入棺材

   • The family watched as the body was coffined for the funeral.
   • The undertaker carefully coffined the deceased.
   • They coffined the remains before the ceremony.

   同义词casket