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单词 drive a nail in one's coffin
释义

coffin /kofˈin/

noun
  1. A box for a dead body
  2. A thick-walled container, usu of lead, for transporting radioactive materials, a flask
  3. The horny part of a horse's hoof
transitive verb

To place in a coffin

ORIGIN: OFr cofin, from L cophinus, from Gr kophinos a basket

coffin bone noun

A bone enclosed in a horse's hoof

coffˈin-dodger noun (offensive sl)

An elderly person

coffin nail noun (slang)

A cigarette

coffin ship noun

A dangerously unsound ship

drive a nail in one's coffin

To do something tending to hasten death or ruin

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