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casket

英 ['kɑːskɪt] 美 ['kæskɪt]

解释

n. 棺材；骨灰盒；小箱
vt. 把……装进小箱；入殓

※ 提供单词"casket"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

中文词源

casket 小盒子

来自cask. -et, 小词后缀。

英文词源

casket (n.): mid-15c., "small box for jewels, etc.," possibly a diminutive of English cask with -et, or from a corruption of Middle French casset (see cassette). Meaning "coffin" is American English, probably euphemistic, attested by 1832.
Caskets! a vile modern phrase, which compels a person ... to shrink ... from the idea of being buried at all. [Hawthorne, "Our Old Home," 1863]

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例句和用法

1. She made a small casket with paper board.: 她用纸板做了一个匣子.

2. A working annex can be converted to a mini - hospital with tie - down hardware for a casket.: 一个工作套间可转换成微型医院,其中装有固定灵柩用的金属紧固件.

3. An elegant little casket in china accompanied the note, presented to Miss Rachel.: 随着便条还给雷切尔小姐送来了一个精巧的瓷器首饰小盒.

4. Inside the ebony case was a magnificent silver casket, about twelve inches square by eight high.: 在这个黑檀箱子里, 有一个十二寸见方,八寸高的精美绝伦的银匣子.

5. We got info that Tapia's got a casket coming in tomorrow at 4:00 p.m.: 我们得到情报塔皮亚明天下午4点有批货要进!