coffer

英 [ˈkɒfə(r)]

美 [ˈkɔːfər]

n.  (旧时的)保险柜，贵重物品箱; (政府、机构等的)金库，资金

复数：coffers　现在分词：coffering　

GREIELTS

Collins.1 / BNC.14168 / COCA.13651

牛津词典

noun

• （旧时的）保险柜，贵重物品箱
  a large strong box, used in the past for storing money or valuable objects
• （政府、机构等的）金库，资金
  a way of referring to the money that a government, an organization, etc. has available to spend
  1. The nation's coffers are empty.
     国库空虚。

柯林斯词典

• 贵重物品箱;保险箱
  Acofferis a large strong chest used for storing valuable objects such as money or gold and silver.
• N-PLURAL 财源;金库;资金
  Thecoffers ofan organization consist of the money that it has to spend, imagined as being collected together in one place.
  1. The proceeds from the lottery go towards sports and recreation, as well as swelling the coffers of the government...
     彩票收入用于发展体育和娱乐产业，同时还用来充实国库。
  2. Large public and private companies have long been contributors to Tory party coffers.
     长期以来，大型的上市公司和私营企业一直在为保守党捐助资金。

英英释义

noun

• a chest especially for storing valuables
• an ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome
  Synonym:caissonlacuna

双语例句

• Large public and private companies have long been contributors to Tory party coffers.
  长期以来，大型的上市公司和私营企业一直在为保守党捐助资金。
• Airports, now the travel centres of the USA, are comfortable, hospitable places, with coffer shops, bars and spotlessly clean restrooms.
  机场作为美国旅行的中枢，配备了购物，酒巴和无污染休息室，即舒适又周到。
• Craftwork for Installation of 3000t coffer of intake water of Xiamen gas-fired power plant
  厦门燃气电厂取水口工程3000T沉箱安装工艺
• All I want is a proper cup of coffer made in a proper copper coffer pot.
  我要的是一杯用真正的铜咖啡壶煮出来的真正的咖啡。
• On Pattern of Dam Construction Diversion and Flood Control Criterion of Coffer dam
  关于大坝施工导流方式及围堰洪水标准问题
• Application of High-pressure Jet Grouting in the Water Seal of Water Intaking Structure Coffer
  高压旋喷灌浆在取水构筑物围堰止水中的应用高压旋喷注浆技术规程
• From this he had drawn the inference that this person, once in the forest, had dug a hole with his pick, buried the coffer, and reclosed the hole with his shovel.
  他从而作出结论，认为他那老相知在走进树林以后，便用他那把镐挖了一个坑，把他那箱子埋了下去，又用锹填上土，掩了那坑。
• When he had rejoined them, he gave the coffer to one of them to carry.
  赶上他们，他把匣子交给他们中的一个背着。
• In the same coffer he had placed his other treasures, the Bishop's candlesticks.
  在小箱中，他又把他的另一宝物，主教的烛台也放了进去。
• In an instant a space three feet long by two feet broad was cleared, and Dants could see an oaken coffer, bound with cut steel.
  一霎时，挖开了一块三尺长两尺宽的地面，唐太斯看到了一只橡木钱柜，外面包着一层已被挖破了的铁皮。