"caskets" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 棺材

Definition

通常由木材或金屬製成的盒子，用於安放逝者遺體以便下葬或火化。'Casket' 偶爾也指裝貴重物品的裝飾盒。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

'Casket' 在美式英文指棺材，英式則多用 'coffin'。有時也指珠寶盒，但現今主要是葬禮用。'Caskets' 是複數，用於喪禮語境中。

Examples

Three caskets were placed at the front of the church.

三口**棺材**放在教堂前方。

The funeral home displays many types of caskets.

殯儀館展示了多種**棺材**種類。

They made caskets from both wood and metal.

他們用木頭和金屬製作了**棺材**。

During the ceremony, the families placed flowers on the caskets.

儀式上，家屬們在**棺材**上放了花。

The old mansion had a display of antique caskets used centuries ago.

那座老宅展出了幾個幾世紀前用過的古董**棺材**。

People sometimes confuse jewelry boxes with small decorative caskets.

有時人們會把首飾盒誤認為小型裝飾**棺材**。