英语词汇“coffer”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

coffer

/ˈkɒfə

noun

1A strongbox or small chest for holding valuables: a battered leather coffer sealed with a waxen crest...

Other variations might include the integration of a box base used for storage, but despite appearances, box settles are not derivations of a chest or coffer.
They searched through the libraries and studies, the walls of houses, chests, drawers, coffers and places where money is stored.
The use of lacquered caskets and coffers for the storage of valuables recurs in a number of paintings.

Synonyms

strongbox, money box, cash box, money chest, treasure chest, casket, trunk, box, safe, safety-deposit box, safe-deposit box, repository

1.1 (coffers) The funds or financial reserves of an organization: there is not enough money in the coffers to finance the reforms...

The idea was to finance the empty coffers of the social security system in that way.
Very little of this cash has gone into improvements to retirement payouts for workers whose ‘deferred wages’ swelled the coffers of the pension funds.
Two years later, more than half the cash remains in the fund's coffers.

Synonyms

fund, funds, reserves, resources, money, finances, wealth, cash, wherewithal, capital, assets, deep pockets, purse, kitty, pool, bank, treasury, exchequer;

North American fisc

2A decorative sunken panel in a ceiling.This is Penn Station's dining room as seen from below after the plaster coffers and pilasters were partially removed....

Then the coffers were returned to the mosque row by row and fixed in place.
The latter features a modern bar with zinc top and red strip lighting; contemporary wall uplighters in steel have been fitted to highlight the coffers in the ceiling.

Derivatives

coffered

/ˈkɒfəd

/ adjectivesense 2. ...

The rooms are tiny, but most have frescoed or coffered ceilings.
The house in which he opened his eyes was magical - a library with coffered ceilings, leather-bound sets of Sand and Kipling lining the shelves.
The gilt rosettes that once studded its coffered dome evoked the firmament.

Origin

Middle English: from Old French coffre 'chest', via Latin from Greek kophinos 'basket'.

单词	coffer
释义	coffer /ˈkɒfə / noun 1A strongbox or small chest for holding valuables: a battered leather coffer sealed with a waxen crest... Other variations might include the integration of a box base used for storage, but despite appearances, box settles are not derivations of a chest or coffer. They searched through the libraries and studies, the walls of houses, chests, drawers, coffers and places where money is stored. The use of lacquered caskets and coffers for the storage of valuables recurs in a number of paintings. Synonyms strongbox, money box, cash box, money chest, treasure chest, casket, trunk, box, safe, safety-deposit box, safe-deposit box, repository 1.1 (coffers) The funds or financial reserves of an organization: there is not enough money in the coffers to finance the reforms... The idea was to finance the empty coffers of the social security system in that way. Very little of this cash has gone into improvements to retirement payouts for workers whose ‘deferred wages’ swelled the coffers of the pension funds. Two years later, more than half the cash remains in the fund's coffers. Synonyms fund, funds, reserves, resources, money, finances, wealth, cash, wherewithal, capital, assets, deep pockets, purse, kitty, pool, bank, treasury, exchequer; North American fisc 2A decorative sunken panel in a ceiling.This is Penn Station's dining room as seen from below after the plaster coffers and pilasters were partially removed.... Then the coffers were returned to the mosque row by row and fixed in place. The latter features a modern bar with zinc top and red strip lighting; contemporary wall uplighters in steel have been fitted to highlight the coffers in the ceiling. Derivatives coffered /ˈkɒfəd / adjectivesense 2. ... The rooms are tiny, but most have frescoed or coffered ceilings. The house in which he opened his eyes was magical - a library with coffered ceilings, leather-bound sets of Sand and Kipling lining the shelves. The gilt rosettes that once studded its coffered dome evoked the firmament. Origin Middle English: from Old French coffre 'chest', via Latin from Greek kophinos 'basket'. Rhymes cougher, Offa, offer, proffer, quaffer, scoffer
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coffer

Derivatives

coffered

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