coffer

名词 coffer:

1. an ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome
   同义词：caisson, lacuna
2. a chest especially for storing valuables

1. There are many jewels in the coffer.
   保险箱里有许多宝石。
2. He put the money in coffer secretly.
   他悄悄地把钱放在保险箱里。

cof.fer

n.（名词）
A strongbox.
保险箱
Often coffers
常作 coffers
Financial resources; funds.
财源；资金
A treasury:
金库：
例句：
stole money from the union coffers.
从联邦金库盗窃金钱

Architecture A decorative sunken panel in a ceiling, dome, soffit, or vault.
【建筑学】 饰板：在天花板、圆屋顶、拱腹、拱顶内的下凹装饰镶板
The chamber formed by a canal lock.
有通道保险装置的房间
A cofferdam.
防水堰
A floating dock.
浮坞
v.tr.（及物动词）
cof.fered,cof.fer.ing,cof.fers
To put in a coffer.
镶板
Architecture To supply (a ceiling, for example) with decorative sunken panels.
【建筑学】 用饰板装饰：提供（例如给天花板）下凹的装饰镶板

来源：
Middle English cofre
中古英语 cofre
from Old French
源自 古法语
alteration of *cofne
*cofne的变化
from Latin cophinus [basket] * see coffin
源自 拉丁语 cophinus [竹篮] *参见 coffin