【coffin】 - SAT备考词汇

coffin

UK:  ['kɒfɪn]

US:  ['kɑfɪn]

复数：coffins  过去分词：coffined  现在分词：coffining  

n.

1.棺材

2.放射性物料搬运箱

3.科芬〔姓氏〕

4.死人

5.(运送放射性物质的)重屏蔽容器

6.屏蔽罐

7.装运罐

8.(马的)蹄槽

9.(不适于航海的)破旧的船

10.【印刷】木框

un.

1.柯芬(Robert Peter Tristram,1892-1955,美国作家)

v.

1.把…入殓,收殓;收藏(书籍等)

2.紧装

1 . He said the coffin dates back to the 21st Dynasty, right after the end of the New Kingdom and the golden age of Egypt.
他说这副棺材可以追溯到第二十一朝，刚好就在新王国及埃及黄金时代终结之后。

2 . A little while after she suddenly opened her eyes, lifted up the coffin-lid, raised herself and was again alive.
一小会之后她突然睁开了眼睛，推开了棺材盖，站起来，又活过来了。

3 . When the man closed the lid, I broke open one side of her coffin, the side away from Edgar's grave, and covered it up with earth.
那人盖上棺材后，我把她棺材不靠艾加墓的一面砸开了，然后用土埋上。

4 . After doing so, he put the fatal knife in Potter's right hand, and sat down on the broken coffin.
搜完了后，他将那致命的刀子放在彼得的右手，就坐在那打开的棺材板上。

5 . The fancy came to me that the old priest was smiling as he lay there in his coffin.
我忽发奇想，好象躺在棺木里的老教士微笑了。