英语词汇“coffer”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

cof·fer

(kôfər, kŏfər)

1. A strongbox.

2. often coffers

a. Financial resources; funds.

b. A treasury: stole money from the union coffers.

3. Architecture A decorative sunken panel in a ceiling, dome, soffit, or vault.

4. The chamber formed by a canal lock.

5. A cofferdam.

6. A floating dock.

tr.v. cof·fered, cof·fer·ing, cof·fers

1. To put in a coffer.

2. Architecture To supply (a ceiling, for example) with decorative sunken panels.

[Middle English cofre, from Old French, alteration of *cofne, from Latin cophinus, basket; see COFFIN.]

coffer

interior view of the coffered

concrete dome of the

c. 118-126adPantheon

Rome, Italy

单词	coffer
释义	cof·fer (kôfər, kŏfər) n. 1. A strongbox. 2. often coffers a. Financial resources; funds. b. A treasury: stole money from the union coffers. 3. Architecture A decorative sunken panel in a ceiling, dome, soffit, or vault. 4. The chamber formed by a canal lock. 5. A cofferdam. 6. A floating dock. tr.v. cof·fered, cof·fer·ing, cof·fers 1. To put in a coffer. 2. Architecture To supply (a ceiling, for example) with decorative sunken panels. [Middle English cofre, from Old French, alteration of cofne, from Latin cophinus, basket; see COFFIN.] coffer* interior view of the coffered concrete dome of the c. 118-126adPantheon Rome, Italy
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