coffin
coffin — 名詞
1. a long, narrow container, typically made of wood, that holds a dead person's bod
棺材
用於埋葬或火化遺體的長形箱子
a long, narrow container, typically made of wood, that holds a dead person's body so it can be buried or cremated.
The pallbearers carefully carried the heavy wooden coffin into the church.
扶棺者小心地將沉重的木製棺材抬進教堂。
collocation: carry a coffin
Aiko's uncle built a simple pine coffin for a neighbour who had no family.
Aiko 的叔叔為一位沒有家人的鄰居做了一口簡單的松木棺材。
attributive use: pine coffin
Into the grave, workers slowly lowered the coffin as prayers were said.
工人們在禱告聲中，慢慢地將棺材放進墳墓中。
Kofi touched the cold silver handle of the old wooden coffin.
Kofi 摸了摸舊木棺上冰涼的銀色把手。
The plain wooden coffin had no decoration except a small cross on the lid.
這口樸素的木棺除了蓋子上的一個小十字架之外，沒有任何裝飾。
- casket
the more common term in American English, often suggesting a more decorative box
- sarcophagus
a stone or decorated coffin, especially from ancient times
- urn
a container for cremated ashes, not a full body
用法筆記
In American English, 'casket' is often the preferred word for a more ornate or expensive burial box. In British English, 'coffin' is the general term for any burial box; 'casket' there usually means a small container for jewellery or valuables.
常見錯誤
coffin — 動詞
1. to place a dead body inside a coffin; in figurative use, to enclose or confine s
入殮；封閉
將遺體放入棺材；將…封閉在狹小空間
to place a dead body inside a coffin; in figurative use, to enclose or confine something tightly in a limited space.
The poet wrote of brave warriors coffined in dark ships and sent out to sea.
詩人寫道，勇敢的戰士被封入黑船中，送往大海。
passive: was/were coffined
When the old mine was sealed, the memories lay coffined deep in the earth.
舊礦坑封閉後，那些回憶便深埋於地底。
figurative use: coffined memories
His remains were coffined and taken to the family chapel for the service.
他的遺體被放入棺材，送往家族教堂舉行儀式。
The old documents lay coffined in a metal box under the floorboards.
那些舊文件被封藏在地板下的金屬箱中。
- exhume
to dig up a buried body from the ground
用法筆記
This verb is very rare in modern English. It appears almost exclusively in literary, poetic, or historical writing, and is most often used in the passive voice ('was coffined', 'were coffined'). In everyday spoken English, 'placed in a coffin' or 'laid to rest' is preferred.