Word · Frequency #14168
coffer
保险箱；金库
a chest or strongbox for storing money or valuables
- 1.
A strong chest or box used for keeping money or valuables safe.
存放钱或贵重物品的坚固箱子；保险箱
- 2.
An ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome.
天花板或穹顶上的装饰性凹镶板
- 3.
A temporary watertight structure used during underwater construction of bridges, causeways, ships, etc.
用于桥梁、堤道、船舶等水下施工的临时防水结构
- 4.
A supply or store of money, often belonging to an organization.
(通常指组织的)钱款储备,金库
- 5.
A trench dug in the bottom of a dry moat, and extending across it, to enable the besieged to defend it with raking fire.
干护城河底挖出用于纵射防御的横沟
天花板凹格；藻井；存放钱或贵重物品的坚固箱子；保险箱；天花板或穹顶上的装饰性凹镶板；用于桥梁、堤道、船舶等水下施工的临时防水结构；(通常指组织的)钱款储备,金库
In use
The hotel manager kept the guests' passports in a small coffer behind the desk.
A wooden coffer sat on the shelf, filled with old maps.
The carpenter built two large coffers for the family's silver.
a coffer of [valuables]
coffer 作名词时指存放贵重物品的箱子或保险箱。
The thieves escaped with a coffer of jewels.
窃贼带着一箱珠宝逃走了。
the [organization]'s coffers
coffers 用复数形式，常喻指政府或机构的资金、财力。
The new tax law is designed to swell the government's coffers.
新税法旨在增加政府的财政收入。
the coffers in [structure]
此处 coffers 指天花板或穹顶上的装饰性凹格，即藻井。
Connections
Collocations
- state coffers
- 国库；政府资金
- The tax increase helped refill the state coffers.增税帮助重新充实了国库。
- party coffers
- 政党资金
- He donated a large sum to the party coffers.他向政党资金捐赠了一大笔钱。
- fill the coffers
- 充实资金
- Strong holiday sales filled the company's coffers.强劲的假日销售充实了公司的资金。
- empty coffers
- 资金枯竭
- The city council had empty coffers after the flood.洪水过后，市议会的资金枯竭了。
- coffered ceiling
- 藻井天花板；方格天花板
- The old library has a beautiful coffered ceiling.这座老图书馆有一个漂亮的藻井天花板。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把贵重物品放进 coffer（保险箱），而不是 coffin（棺材）——两个都是盒子，别放错。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：architecture、historical/literary writing、museum/antique contexts coffer 的语体随义项变化：作“天花板凹格/藻井”时多用于建筑或艺术史专业语境；作“存放贵重物品的箱子”时偏正式，较常见于历史、文学或文物描述。日常口语通常用 safe、vault 或 box 等更简单的词。
Pronunciation & Spelling
在英式发音中，offer /ˈɒfə/、cougher /ˈkɒfə/、scoffer /ˈskɒfə/ 与 coffer /ˈkɒfə/ 押韵。拼写相似的 coffee /ˈkɒfi/、coffin /ˈkɒfɪn/、cough /kɒf/ 发音不同，不押韵。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.