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]
双语例句
1. She made a small casket with paper board.
她用纸板做了一个匣子.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
2. A working annex can be converted to a mini - hospital with tie - down hardware for a casket.
一个工作套间可转换成微型医院,其中装有固定灵柩用的金属紧固件.
来自百科语句
3. An elegant little casket in china accompanied the note, presented to Miss Rachel.
随着便条还给雷切尔小姐送来了一个精巧的瓷器首饰小盒.
来自辞典例句
4. Inside the ebony case was a magnificent silver casket, about twelve inches square by eight high.
在这个黑檀箱子里, 有一个十二寸见方,八寸高的精美绝伦的银匣子.
来自辞典例句
5. We got info that Tapia's got a casket coming in tomorrow at 4:00 p.m.
