coffer

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n. 保险箱, 金库 vt. 把...锁进箱子

发音

UK /ˈkɒfə/
US /ˈkɔfɚ/
/ˈkɑfɚ/

词形变化

coffers 复数 coffers coffered coffering coffers 三单 coffering 现在分词 coffered 过去式 coffered 过去分词

别名

copher cophre

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A strong chest or box used for keeping money or valuables safe.

    保险箱

  2. 2.

    An ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome.

    建筑
  3. 3.

    A temporary watertight structure used during underwater construction of bridges, causeways, ships, etc.

  4. 4.

    A supply or store of money, often belonging to an organization.

  5. 5.

    A trench dug in the bottom of a dry moat, and extending across it, to enable the besieged to defend it with raking fire.

v.
  1. 1.

    To put money or valuables in a coffer

    及物
  2. 2.

    To decorate something, especially a ceiling, with coffers.

    及物

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

caisson lacunar

上位词 2

chest panel

相关短语

coffer illusion coffer illusions coffer dam [医] 橡皮障, 堤 coffer dams green coffer

词源

From Middle English cofre, coffre, from Old French cofre, coffre, from Latin cophinus (“basket”), from Ancient Greek κόφινος (kóphinos, “basket”). Doublet of coffin. Cognate with German Koffer (“a suitcase”).

来源：wiktionary