coffer
n
1 [C] large strong box for holding money or other valuables; chest 保险柜; 保险箱; 箱子.
2 coffers [pl]
(fml 文) store of money; treasury; funds 金库; 资金
The nation's coffers are empty. 国库空虚.
3 [C] (architecture 建) ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling, dome, etc 镶板; 藻井(天花板、 圆屋顶等凹陷的装饰镶嵌板).
4 (also `coffer-dam) [C]
watertight structure built or placed round an area of water which can then be pumped dry to allow building work (eg on a bridge) to be done inside it 围堰; 沉箱.
🗣️ 情景例句
Nothing available.
没有空房间了。
The future belongs to him who knows how to wait.
未来属于懂得等待的人。
Even though the road was littered with boulders and pitted with holes, Bruce was not in the least perturbed.