coffin

名词 coffin:

1. box in which a corpse is buried or cremated
   同义词：casket

动词 coffin:

1. place into a coffin

1. Four soldiers stood guard over the coffin.
   四个士兵守卫灵柩。
2. The long and costly strike proved to be the last nail in the company's coffin.
   长期罢工损失巨大致使该公司一蹶不振。
3. He must be somebody, for a flag was draped over the coffin.
   肯定是什么人物，因他棺材上有国旗。
4. A vehicle for conveying a coffin to a church or cemetery.
   柩车装运棺材去教堂或墓地的车辆
5. A stand on which a corpse or a coffin containing a corpse is placed before burial.
   棺材架，尸体架埋葬前用以放置尸体或棺材的架子
6. Her grandpa was in his coffin.
   她的祖父已经死了。

cof.fin

n.（名词）
An oblong box in which a corpse is buried.
棺材：掩埋尸体的长方形箱
The horny part of a horse`s hoof.
蹄槽：马蹄的角状部分
v.tr.（及物动词）
cof.fined,cof.fin.ing,cof.fins
To place in or as if in a coffin.
收殓：放入或要放入棺材之中

来源：
Middle English cofin [basket]
中古英语 cofin [篮子]
from Old French
源自 古法语
from Latin cophinus
源自 拉丁语 cophinus
from Greek kophinos
源自 希腊语 kophinos