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

• 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。
• The small coffer, which has disturbed seriously the order of the financial activities, is very dangerous.
  小金库严重扰乱了财务活动秩序，危害极大。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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
• These are the believers in life and the bounty of life, and their coffer is never empty.
  他们相信生命和生命的赠礼，他们的储柜从不空虚。
• This coffer was painted black, and the cabriolet yellow.
  箱子是黑漆的，车身则是黄漆。
• 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。
• I'd like a cup of coffer with sugar and cream, please.
  请给我一杯加糖和奶油的咖啡。
• Tea is one of three drinks such as tea, coca and coffer.
  茶叶是与可可、啡并列的世界三大饮料之一。