| 单词 | casket |
| 释义 | casket (once / 1526 pages) nv A casket is a coffin, or a box in which the body of a dead person is buried. Some funeral traditions include a chance for mourners to see the deceased in the casket before burial. Most caskets are made of wood — some plain, and others more ornamental. Many caskets are buried in cemeteries, although others are cremated, or burned to ash, depending on religious and personal preferences. You can also use the word casket to mean "small box," particularly a box for jewelry or other precious items, and this is the word's earliest meaning, from the Old French cassette, a diminutive form of case. WORD FAMILYcasket: casketed, casketing, caskets USAGE EXAMPLESDiplomats and officials laid flowers at the open casket alongside an honorary guard. Washington Post(Dec 22, 2016) President Vladimir Putin arrived at the end of the ceremony, laid flowers at the casket, offered condolences to the ambassador’s widow and left. Washington Times(Dec 22, 2016) His casket arrives on a 7 p.m. flight. Seattle Times(Dec 20, 2016) 1n box in which a corpse is buried or cremated Syn|Hypo|Hyper coffin bier a coffin along with its stand sarcophagusa stone coffin (usually bearing sculpture or inscriptions) box a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid 2n small and often ornate box for holding jewels or other valuables Syn|Hyper jewel casket box a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid 3v enclose in a casket Hyper close in, enclose, inclose, shut in surround completely |
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