mid-15c., "small box for jewels, etc.," possibly a diminutive of English cask with -et, or from a corruption of Middle French casset (see cassette). Meaning "coffin" is American English, probably euphemistic, attested by 1832.
Caskets! a vile modern phrase, which compels a person ... to shrink ... from the idea of being buried at all. [Hawthorne, "Our Old Home," 1863]
雙語例句
1. She made a small casket with paper board.
她用紙板做了一個匣子.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
2. A working annex can be converted to a mini - hospital with tie - down hardware for a casket.
一個工作套間可轉換成微型醫院,其中裝有固定靈柩用的金屬緊固件.
來自百科語句
3. An elegant little casket in china accompanied the note, presented to Miss Rachel.
隨著便條還給雷切爾小姐送來了一個精巧的瓷器首飾小盒.
來自辭典例句
4. Inside the ebony case was a magnificent silver casket, about twelve inches square by eight high.
在這個黑檀箱子里, 有一個十二寸見方,八寸高的精美絕倫的銀匣子.
來自辭典例句
5. We got info that Tapia's got a casket coming in tomorrow at 4:00 p.m.