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单词 coffin
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
cof•fin /ˈkɔfɪn, ˈkɑfɪn/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. the box in which the body of a dead person is buried;
    casket.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
cof•fin  (kô′fin, kof′in),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. the box or case in which the body of a dead person is placed for burial;
    casket.
  2. the part of a horse's foot containing the coffin bone.
  3. [Print.]
    • the bed of a platen press.
    • the wooden frame around the bed of an early wooden press.

v.t. 
  1. to put or enclose in or as in a coffin.
  • Greek kóphinos a kind of basket
  • Latin cophinus
  • Old North French
  • Middle English cofin 1300–50
cof′fin•less, adj. 

Cof•fin  (kô′fin, kof′in),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Biographical Levi, 1798–1877, U.S. abolitionist leader.
  2. Biographical Robert P(eter) Tristram, 1892–1955, U.S. poet, essayist, and biographer.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
coffin /ˈkɒfɪn/ n
  1. a box in which a corpse is buried or cremated
  2. the part of a horse's foot that contains the coffin bone
 vb
  1. (transitive) to place in or as in a coffin
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French cofin, from Latin cophinus basket; see coffer
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