英语单词

casket是什么意思

casket

英 ['kɑːskɪt] 美 ['kæskɪt]
  • n. 棺材;骨灰盒;小箱
  • vt. 把……装进小箱;入殓

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]

双语例句


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

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

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.

来自百科语句

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.

来自辞典例句

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.

来自辞典例句

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!

来自电影对白

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