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

• Now, the coffer was too small to contain a body; therefore it contained money.
  况且那箱子太小，装不了一个死人，那么它装的一定是钱了。
• Literary creation is no longer restricted to career writers who live off the government coffer.
  现在，文学创作已不再仅局限于那些靠政府发工资的职业作家。
• Using the vibration shaking grouting technique, combining the coffer of the water inlet in Shangdu power plant of Inner Mongolia, has efficiently resolved the problem of the bad gradation backfill and given the concrete treatment process.
  结合内蒙古上都电厂进水口围堰工程实际情况，采用振孔摆喷灌浆技术，有效地解决了围堰回填料级配不良的问题，并给出了具体的处理方法。
• This coffer was painted black, and the cabriolet yellow.
  箱子是黑漆的，车身则是黄漆。
• Design Study and Application of Cellular-Shaped Floating Steel Coffer Platform to the Construction of Main Pylons in Main Navigation Span of Donghai Bridge
  东海大桥主通航孔主塔墩蜂窝状钢浮套箱平台的设计研究与应用蜂窝型钢筋砼空腹夹层板的试验分析
• Lib is the coffer for essential system libraries.
  lib用于存储基本的系统库文件。
• Two or three hours later, Boulatruelle had seen this person emerge from the brushwood, carrying no longer the coffer, but a shovel and pick.
  两三个钟头过后，蒲辣秃柳儿看见他那老相知又从树丛里出来，可是他现在掮的不是那只小箱，而是一把镐和一把锹。
• 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。
• Study on Dynamic Properties of Dumbbell-Shaped Steel Coffer Used for Pile Cap of Ultra Large Bridge's Main Pier
  特大型桥梁主墩承台哑铃状钢套箱的动力性能研究
• Each suit has some hi-tech establishments such as mini-fridge, a private coffer, a Ultra Fine satellite TV, a free LAN connection, a independent bathroom and a CD& player and so on.
  每间房间都有迷你冰箱、私人保险箱、超薄卫星电视、免费宽带上网接口、独立的淋浴间、CD播放机等高科技设施。